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WILLIAM GALL. 
Chronic Indigestion will ensue upon neglected simple indi¬ 
gestion or by feeding for a long time on large quantities of oats, 
irregular feeding, etc. The stomach is overtaxed and finally 
fails, which is commonly associated with functional derange¬ 
ment of the liver. 
Symptoms .—Dull, languid, sweats easily, coat dry and dusty, 
slight attacks of colic, diarrhoea, followed by constipation, faeces 
either dark or very light in color, well marked yellowness of 
the visible mucous membranes, appetite capricious and depraved. 
This form of indigestion is often due to an insufficient supply 
of sodium chloride. 
Treatment .—Give a physic ; animal should always be well 
prepared with bran mashes before administering the physic; 
physic should be composed of aloin and ginger if the liver is 
affected, to be followed by carminatives and tonics at the proper 
time. Rock salt should be present in the animal’s manger. If 
gastritis is present drastic purgatives are inadmissible ; oil is 
preferable. The free use of whisky is indicated when the brain 
is affected, and other diffusible stimulants. The body should 
be well clothed and the extremities bandaged. Animal should 
be put in a box stall and allowed plenty of fresh air, easily di¬ 
gested food and good grooming. 
Indigestion with Impaction is most likely to occur in old 
horses and in horses that are fed and watered after the manner 
described in the beginning of this essay. Sudden changes of 
food, feeding animal largely when much fatigued, over-ripe 
o-rasses and buckwheat. 
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Symptoms. — Tucked-up appearance of abdomen; well- 
marked symptoms of derangement produce delirium and some¬ 
times coma and paralysis; animal staggers round the stall; 
after a time a typanitic condition, which may be regarded as a 
very bad symptom ; animal dull and drowsy and without appe¬ 
tite. Although a well-marked case of impaction of the stom¬ 
ach may occur without the generation of gas, the animal paws 
and rolls, but not so violently as in spasmodic colic ; turns his 
head towards v one side, pointing towards the sternal region, 
