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J. RODGERS. 
in a young animal, where they do not properly shed the 
temporary molars. This disease may become acute if not 
carefully and properly attended to. The stomach of the horse 
is small compared to the size of the animal, and digestion 
necessarily takes place quickly. 1 have noticed in making 
post-mortems that the stomach is not in proportion to the 
size of the individual. A heavy draught horse’s stomach is 
not as large as in some of the fine breeds, which makes the 
disease more fatal in the heavier class. Acute indigestion, 
impaction and engorgement, as 1 said before, are classed as 
dietetic diseases. Their symptoms are hard to distinguish 
separately. Impaction and engorgement generally terminate 
fatally, as the contents cannot be removed surgically as in 
the ox. Engorgement is formed in all classes of horses, but 
more in the heavier breeds, and especially where they are 
fed cooked food. Acute indigestion is often found in the 
young animal from allowing the dam to become heated and 
permitting the colt to suckle, or it may be brought on from 
allowing the colt to drink cold milk. The symptoms ol 
these diseases are similar. The animal will suffer more or 
less pain, look around at the sides, paw and strike with the 
fore feet. One of the most prominent symptoms is eructation 
of gas. A horse suffering in this way, when lying down will 
not fall as in colic, but will lie down quietly. I do not find 
this always the case, for sometimes after flatus has formed in 
the bowels they will then lie down and roll over. If there is 
a partition or wall in the stall the animal will frequently get 
the feet above the level of the body. This is not the rule; 
I find that an animal generally will lay stretched out. The 
breathing will be short and quick and the pulse irregular, 
6o to 8o per minute. There will be profuse perspiration, in 
some cases cold, especially in rupture. Upon making enquiry 
you will find he has had too much food, either intentionally 
or accidentally, or if in a young animal having suffered from 
diarrhoea previous to or at the time. The chances are the 
animal has been suffering from chronic indigestion probably 
due to dentition. If such is the case and diarrhoea still 
ensues, gas generally generates quicker than it would had the 
