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material and similar to, the old light-colored, linen cathe- 

 ter it was stiff and awkward to pass into the stomach, 

 and was discarded as being impractical. It remained for 

 Dr. D. O. Knisely to perfect and popularize stomach 

 lavage in the horse by means of the rubber stomach tube 

 and the injection pump. As a full explanation of its 

 value and uses may be found elsewhere in this little 

 volume, it is not necessary to go into a discussion of it 

 here. 



The writer fully concurs with those who place a high 

 value upon the stomach tube in gastric flatulence, but 

 does not use it in his practice except on rare occasions 

 on account of its being rather bulky to carry, its use 

 rather a "mussy" operation, occasionally producing quite 

 a hemorrhage from the turbinated bones which, though 

 of no consequence, frequently alarms the owner and be- 

 cause its use is commonly followed by a severe cough. 



Drenches are often impossible of administration in 

 gastric flatulence, due to the eructation of gas forcing the 

 medicine up and out again. They are dangerous because 

 of the frequency with which they are forced up to the 

 fauces, and on account of the partial stupor and distress 

 of the patient, they often find entrance to the trachea 

 and cause a mechanical broncho-pneumonia that usually 

 terminates fatally. 



The treatment that I use and have used for 20 years, 

 and recommend with the utmost confidence, is salicylic 

 acid in capsules. I have fondly dubbed this "my vest 

 pocket stomach tube." I administer it in doses of one- 

 half ounce. Not more than two or three cases in a hun- 

 dred will require a second dose. 



