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others, and, other things being equal, those of a delicate consti¬ 
tution and stamina were most affected by the changes, climate, 
food and environment. We, of course, admitted no tuberculosis- 
nor other contagious disease, but some breeds, as for instance 
the Normandy, were of good constitution, stamina and disease- 
resisting power, while others, as some strains of the Jerseys, 
were very fine and delicate, and to my mind it would be only 
necessary to introduce the germ of tuberculosis to have the dis¬ 
ease developed and established in the system. 
INDIGESTION OR DYSPEPSIA. 
By William Gall, V.S., Mattawan, N. J. 
A Paper read before the Veterinary Medical Association of New Jersey. 
Definition .—A functional derangement of the stomach with¬ 
out any appreciable lesion of inflammation. 
Etiology .—Predisposing and exciting. Predisposing causes : 
Close, unhealthy, ill-drained, ill-ventilated stables, atmosphere 
of some factories, hereditary or other constitutional defects, influ¬ 
ence of atmosphere of particular climates and localities, exposure 
to unhealthy exhalations, impure water, and water impregnated 
with mineral salts. Exciting causes : Irregularities of diet, in¬ 
digestible food, cooked food, imperfect mastication, long fasting, 
exhaustion, sudden change of feed, too much feed given at one 
time, certain descriptions of feed (as wheat, barley, corn meal, 
musty oats, bran, and green-food when eaten immoderately). In 
young animals when they are allowed to suckle the dam when 
she is heated. Sharp and projecting teeth are probably the 
principal causes of indigestion. In many of our large stables it 
is due to the irregular manner in which horses are fed and wa¬ 
tered. Many of these horses, coming in at night heated and tired, 
it is unsafe to allow them as much water as they can drink. On 
coming in they are usually allowed a few mouthfuls of water 
and then rubbed down ; then they are taken to the watering- 
trough and allowed a little more, and then put in their stalls, 
where their feed is lying waiting them. Fed again in the morn- 
