THE TREATMENT OF YOUNG, UNBROKEN ANIMALS 33' 



This may be given in i or 2 ounce doses as the case 

 demands, mixed with a little of the mare's milk. 

 Following the administration of the sedatives, careful as 

 we may be with the dose, it often happens that we have 

 to face a case of intestinal stasis. This must be carefully 

 treated by means of the castor-oil emulsion, this time 

 combined with a small quantity (say, n\_xxx. to 3i.) of 

 tinct. nucis vom. Perhaps a rather more suitable line of 

 treatment, however, is to combine the castor-oil with 

 glycerine, thus : 



R. 01. ricini - . . - . . - oi- 



Glycerini gss. 



01. menth. pip. ...... mx. 



Aquam - ■ - ad gii. 



Misce ; fial liausu 



These cases of scour are often very troublesome, and 

 much will depend upon the good judgment and careful 

 attention of the nurse— not the veterinarian. The foal 

 should not be dosed standing, but thrown on its side. 



When attending a case of colic in a very young foal in 

 which there is no definite sign or history of scour, the 

 veterinarian must be extremely careful. There are at 

 least two conditions which may seriously mislead him 

 in his diagnosis — viz., accidental bruising of the intestine and 

 scrotal hernia. 



Injured Intestines. — This, I think, is far more common 

 than is generally supposed, and is probably accountable 

 for many of the deaths ascribed to ' colic' It is 

 occasioned by the mare treading on the abdomen of the 

 young animal when it is stretched at sleep. I have seen 

 more than one case of the sort where the cause has 

 clearly been traced, and it leads me to think that often it 

 may occur and not be noticed. After the infliction of the 



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