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DISEASES OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



in right flank. Emaciation occurs, and death -within two weeks, 

 with paralysis of the hind limbs and stupor, convulsions and de- 

 lirium, is not uncommon. 



The third type is the most acute and suggests an omasitis. 

 There are tenderness and fulness in the right flank and absence of 

 peristaltic sounds in this region. The animal, in addition to the 

 symptoms seen in the other types, becomes wild-eyed and rushes 

 about in a blind, unconscious state, doing much damage to itself 

 in consequence of running into all sorts of objects. 



Spontaneous recovery is accompanied by profuse diarrhea, the 

 feces at first showing evidence of having been compressed by their 

 shiny, flattened surface. Appetite, rumination and peristalsis re- 

 appear and tympany disappears. 



Treatment. — This consists in attempts to open the bowels. 

 Epsom and common salts may be given twice daily accompanied by 

 a copious supply of liquid, as two or three pails of linseed tea daily. 

 Eserine, gr. i, and pilocarpine, gr. iii, may be given under the skin 

 to cause rapid catharsis. Enemata are also of service. Fluidex- 

 tract of nux vomica (C, 3ii thrice daily) aids the action of the 

 cathartics, and croton oil (C, TTlxx) may be used with the salts, if 

 there is not active inflammation of the omasum. Ice should be 

 applied to the poll with head symptoms. When the bowels have 

 moved freely, the diet should consist largely of sloppy food with 

 plenty of water and salt, and the nux vomica should be continued 

 during convalesence. 



Impotence (see p. 143). 



Indigestion (Acute and Chronic). 



In the Horse. — This includes acute and chronic gastric and 

 intestinal catarrh, impaction of the stomach, etc. Lacking the 

 finer methods of gastric analysis of human practice, an exact 

 diagnosis of gastric disorders is impossible ; this would be especially 

 valuable in chronic forms. The symptoms of acute gastric catarrh 

 are loss of appetite, yawning, dry mouth followed by one covered 



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