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then apparently be easy for a spell. He will stand 

 quietly for a short time, but very soon he will raise the 

 head, nose pointed out, will turn up the upper lip; this 

 will be quite noticeable. Respiration is somewhat hur- 

 ried, but not labored in any way. Temperature about 

 normal to one degree of elevation. No flatulence to speak 

 of may be noticeable as yet. He does not show any great 

 distress at any time, and while lying down is quiet; he 

 does not tumble from side to side, but will point the nose 

 out and turn the upper lip up, showing the incisor teeth. 



Treatment. — With this, as with other cases, I 

 always pass the stomach tube and invariably get some 

 gas and quite a lot of sour feed from the stomach. If 

 tlie stomach is washed clean of this sour mass and fluids, 

 it will be but a short time until the animal will quit turn- 

 ing up the lip and soon all uneasiness will have passed. 



Why use medicine in these cases when a stomach 

 tube, rightly used, will relieve your patient so promptly? 

 I do not mean to be understood that in such cases a tube 

 must necessarily be used in order to have a recovery, for 

 I know it is not really essential. I am aware that me- 

 dicinal treatment in this class of cases is almost always 

 successful in time, but it does take time for the medicine 

 to act and still more time for the intestinal tract to rid 

 itself of the sour mass. 



In all our work we strive to remove the cause, then 

 why not in these cases I have mentioned. If we can do 

 this why are we not getting at the seat of the trouble. I 

 am positive that in eight out of every ten cases of this 

 type the trouble starts right in the stomach, and that -as 

 time goes on, and fermentation takes place, this same 

 stomach acts as a generator of gas. and since the stomach 



