128 DISEASES OF THE STOMAClf. AND BOWELS 



Medicinal.— The patients should be purged as soon as 

 possible (aloin 5 j-ij; salts, lbs. j-ij; arecalin, gr. j-ij, com- 

 bined with strychnin gr. |). Large doses are usually 

 required to move the bowels. Calomel (3 j-ij) is useful in 

 horses. Owing to pharyngeal paralysis drenching is contra- 

 indicated. Medicine should be given perorem in form of boli 

 or electuaries. 



The purgative" may be followed by a disinfectant, such as 

 Pearson's creolin (5 j-ij), therapogen (5 ij— iv) , etc. In weak- 

 ness and collapse give alcohol (Bij), ether (B ij), caffein (5ij)j 

 oil of camphor (Bj) subcutaneously. For remainder of 

 treatment see Simple Gastro-enteritis and Pharyngitis. 



When patient begins to improve and eat it should be placed 

 on a light laxative diet. If able to stand in them, support 

 with slings. 



Toxic Gastro-enteritis. — Toxic gastro-enteritis is an inflam- 

 mation of the stomach and bowels due to the ingestion of 

 poisons such as arsenic, mercury or any irritant drug or chem- 

 ical. The symptoms and treatment of this form of gastro- 

 enteritis are best given in books on toxicology which deal with 

 poisons, their affects and antidotes. 



TRAUMATIC INDIGESTION OF THE OX. 



Traumatic Gastritis. 



Definition. — An inflammation of the stomach, (rumen or 

 reticulum) due to foreign bodies ingested with the food. 



Occurrence. — The disorder is common in cattle, especially 

 dairy cows the property of the poorer, shiftless dairymen who 

 permit nails, wire, needles, bolts, etc., to accumulate in the 

 feed troughs or where the cattle feed. Cows with woman 

 attendants frequently swallow darning needles, hair-pins, 

 open safety-pins, etc., which come from the clothing and hair. 

 On farms where the hay is baled for market, pieces of baling 

 wire are commonly picked up by the cattle. ' Where the 

 herd is grazing on flooded pastures or must drink from shallow 

 sandy springs large quantities of silt and sand will be ingested. 



Cattle which have developed the habit of licking stable 

 walls, partitions, etc., which may develop 'into the vice 



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