2 THE COMMON COLICS OF THE HORSE 



only pain in the bowels, or entcralgia. This is an 

 abnormal sensibility in the region of the plexus mesen- 

 tericus, and, as such, is not often observed in our patients. 

 In the widest possible acceptation of the term, colic will 

 indicate — apart from this entcralgia — all painful afTections 

 of the intestines which are not consequent upon inflam- 

 mation or textural change of the bowel walls. 



It is quite plain that our first duty should be to 

 tabulate, as far as possible, the different morbid condi- 

 tions that may give rise to colic — using the word in its 

 widest sense. This has already been done by that 

 eminent and conscientious clinical observer. Professor 

 Friedberger, of Munich. In his pamphlet, ' Die Kolik 

 der Pferde, Sechs Klinische Vortrage,' he gives this table : 



1. True Colic, proceeding from the intestinal canal, 

 and stomach} 



2. False Colic, arising from a diseased state of the 

 other abdominal organs. (Under this heading will come 

 especially affections of the bladder and sexual organs, 

 which give rise, in the first instance, to similar external 

 evidences of suffering.) 



True Colic is then taken and subdivided in the follow- 

 ing manner : 



' The addition of the words 'and stomach' is my own. Much 

 though I dislike to interfere with the arrangement tabulated by 

 Professor Friedberger, I cannot help but think that stomach 

 troubles should be included under the heading of True Colic. 

 Following the strict letter of all accepted definitions, I know it 

 should be omitted. Nevertheless, the close manner in which many 

 of the symptoms proceeding from the stomach simulate those 

 arising from the intestinal canal, with the fact that anomalies of the 

 former tend to the production of disorders of the latter, points 

 conclusively to the necessity of carefully considering stomach 

 ailments when treating of those of the intestines. — H. C. R, 



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