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INDIGESTION WITH METEORIZATION. 
bearings, and they will find the full benefit of the knowledge thus 
acquired, more particularly if situated in agricultural districts, 
where scores of animals are too often sacrificed to a want of better 
skill in the application of needful remedies. 
Believe me, with kind regards, to remain, &c. 
INDIGESTION WITH METEORIZATION. 
By M. Levrat, Lausanne. 
On the 1st of March, 1844, about five o’clock in the morning, 
I was requested to attend a horse belonging to a miller in Lausanne. 
He was ten years old, of middle size, an Arabian, and of a san- 
guine and nervous temperament. 
Recollections . — He had been in the possession of M. Schmiedlin 
two years, during which time he had not been ill, and had readily 
sustained the work to which he was exposed. I was told that in 
the evening he had eaten heartily of corn slightly moistened, but at 
four o’clock in the morning a domestic entered the stable and found 
him sadly swelled, and rolling on the litter. 
Symptoms . — On examining the patient the following symptoms 
presented themselves : — The belly was puffed up — the movements 
of respiration were short and accelerated — the mouth was dry, and 
discharged a strong odour of acetous fermentation. When the horse 
was tranquil his pulse was not accelerated, nor was it far from the 
usual state ; but as soon as the colic returned he sadly moaned, and 
could not rest long, but was frequently moving about and moaning. 
Auscultation being applied, no intestinal gurgling could be heard ; 
but there were frequent eructations of gas with an acetous odour. 
The ears and limbs retained their usual temperature. 
Diagnosis. — The colic of Indigestion with meteorization. I 
immediately administered a drink composed of honey, sulphuric 
ether 15 grains, and 30 grains of chloruret of soda, in a bottle of 
cold water. I also ordered lavements of soap and water nearly 
cold, and light clothing. In addition to this, I recommended that he 
should be gently walked, and especially that he should not be suf- 
fered to lie down. 
The swelling and the colicky pains continued until ten o’clock in 
the morning, when the drinks were repeated and several lavements 
administered. The animal then expelled a great quantity of gas, 
with several hard and well-moulded evacuations. The colic now 
began to calm, and also the meteorization. I administered the 
