INDEX 



367 



Patient, mode of inspection of, 21 

 Pelvic flexure, displacement of the, 

 300 

 of colon, subacute obstruc- 

 tion of, 123 

 Percussion in diagnosis, 27 

 Peritoneum, 8 

 Physiological predisposing causes of 



colic, 28, 31 

 Physostigmine in intestinal impac- 

 tion, 100, 135, 144 

 Position of abdominal incision in 



laparo-enterotomy, 177 

 Predisposing, anatomical, causes of 

 colic, 29, 30 

 physiological, causes of colic, 

 28,31 

 Preliminary inspection when diag- 

 nosing in young animals, 328 

 Preparation of materials for opera- 

 tion of laparo-enterotomy, 175 

 Prevention of ruptured stomach, 



79 

 Prognosis of enteritis, 20S 

 of gastric impaction, 50 



tympany, 64 

 of intestinal tympany, 192 

 of ruptured stomach, 78 

 of subacute obstruction of 

 double colon, 88 

 pelvic flexure of double 



colon, 133 

 single colon, 143 

 small intestines, 153 

 of superpurgation, 216 

 Pulse, 24 

 Puncturing the bowel in intestinal 



tympany, 193 . . 

 Purgative, aloetic, in intestinal im- 

 paction, 89, 96 

 Purging in subacute obstruction of 

 . the small intestines, 150 



Rarity of enteritis, 321 



Reasons against use of sedatives 



in intestinal impaction, 32, 102 

 Rectal exploration, 26 



in subacute obstruction of small 

 intestines, 150 

 Rectal paralysis, treatment of, 143 

 Rectal tube. Smith's, 146, 162 



Reduction, spontaneous, of the 



bowel in torsion, 317 

 Respiratory movements in diag- 

 nosis, 23 

 Ruptured stomach, 73 



causes of, 73 



definition of, 73 



diagnosis of, 76 



prevention of, 79 



prognosis of, 78 



symptoms of, 74 



S-trap, duodenal, 10, 11 

 Seat of enterocentesis, 194 

 Sedatives, caution against use of, 

 31, 68, 102, 210 

 in enteritis, 209 

 in gastric tympany, 68 

 in intestinal impaction, 89, 102 

 in intestinal tympany, 199 

 in superpurgation, 216 

 Septic intestinal infection as cause 



of colic, 45, 203 

 Single colon, 14 



calculus in, 187 

 Single colon, subacute obstruction 

 of, 136 

 causes of, 136 

 definition of, 136 

 diagnosis of, 142 

 prognosis of, 143 

 symptoms of, 139 

 treatment of, 143 

 Small intestines, 11 



subacute obstruction of, 147 

 cases of, 156, 157 

 causes of, 147 

 definition of, 147 

 diagnosis of, 152 

 prognosis of, 153 

 purging in, Ijo 

 rectal exploration in, 150 

 symptoms of, 148 

 treatment of, 153 

 Smith's recta! tube, 146, 162 

 Spleen, 14 

 Spontaneous reduction of the bowel 



in torsion, 317 

 Stable-management errors, produc- 

 tive of colic, 36 

 Staggers, grass, 47 



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