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THE VETERINARY ART IN INDIA. 
in what does their utility consist ? 1 conceive that cattle are dis- 
posed to take on diseases of a low typhoid character from their 
great vascularity of system. Disease of all kinds places the sys- 
tem less under the influence of vital and more under those of che- 
mical action. In proportion to the vascularity of a part is its 
liability to decomposition or chemical action, which, unless coun- 
terbalanced by stimulus from the vital one, often preponderates, 
and death results. 
Differences of opinion in matters of detail are, nevertheless, 
inevitable ; a mutual and friendly statement whereof, with due 
respect to the sentiments of others, and without too much pre- 
conceived bias, is one of the most effectual means of arriving at 
truth. 
THE VETERINARY ART IN INDIA. 
By J. Grellier, Esq., M.R.C.S. 
[Continued from page 454.] 
Diseases of the Pharynx, Stomach, and Intestines. 
The mouth and pharynx, or upper orifice of the passage leading 
to the stomach, are frequently inflamed, and this is first discovered 
by the horse’s masticating his food, and dropping it out, the parts 
being too sore to admit his swallowing. On examining his mouth, 
the posterior parts, towards the root of the tongue, will appear in- 
flamed, and frequently covered with small white spots or ulcers : 
in other points the animal will be scarcely affected. 
The parts may be washed with the following three or four times 
a-day : — 
Take of Tincture of myrrh, four parts, 
Brown sugar, two parts, 
Vinegar, six parts. Mix, &c. 
A feather dipped in this gargle may be introduced into the mouth, 
or be injected from a syringe. 
If the animal is in condition, three or four quarts of blood may 
be taken away, and a dose of physic administered as recommended 
in the last chapter. His clothes should be rather increased, and 
his situation such as not to admit any current of air, as it is fre- 
quently the effect of cold. 
The insensible coat lining the upper part of the stomach has 
generally a number of small worms, called bots, attached to it. Mr. 
Coleman thinks, as they are so universally found in healthy sub- 
