. The horse : its varieties and management in health and disease. scarcely move. Heavy draught-horses are common vic-tims, but occasionally a cab-, van-, or even a carriage-horse may be seen among the sufferers. Such an eventshould stimulate a searching inquiry into the characterand fitness of the presiding genius of the stable. Treatment.—Administer a strong dose of aloes in solu-tion; or give aperient No. 3, and follow immediatelywith 2 oz. of nitrous ether, while the rigors are warmth in the skin by active brushing, andclothe, putting bandages upon the legs. Throw-up warmene
. The horse : its varieties and management in health and disease. scarcely move. Heavy draught-horses are common vic-tims, but occasionally a cab-, van-, or even a carriage-horse may be seen among the sufferers. Such an eventshould stimulate a searching inquiry into the characterand fitness of the presiding genius of the stable. Treatment.—Administer a strong dose of aloes in solu-tion; or give aperient No. 3, and follow immediatelywith 2 oz. of nitrous ether, while the rigors are warmth in the skin by active brushing, andclothe, putting bandages upon the legs. Throw-up warmenemas, foment the leg for four hours,and protect it from cold. See Fomen-tations. Allow soft, laxative food only,with water from which the chill has beenremoved, during cold weather. Givewalking exercise as soon as he can movewithout pain. Lymphangitis of the recurrent kindis likely to terminate in permanent thick-ening and consequent unsightly enlarge-ment. Such a state is shown in the ac-companying figure, to which the termElephantiasis has been Elephantiasis. Diseases of the Organs of Digestion. 203 CHAPTER OF THE ORGANS OF DIGESTION. Sporadic Aphtha, or Thrush—Diseases and Irregularities of the Teeth—Chok-ing—Vomiting—Chronic Indigestion—Acute Indigestion—Constipation-Colic—Enteritis, or Inflammation of the Rowels—Peritonitis, or Inflam-mation of the Peritoneum—Diarrhoea—Superpurgation—Dysentery, orBloody Flux—Worms in the Intestines—Hernia, or Rupture—Dropsy ofthe Abdomen—Congestion of the Liver—Inflammation of the Liver—Jaundice—Wind-sucking, or Crib-biting. The majority of diseases under this head are the resultof mismanagement and errors of diet. With the adventof care and system, disease is reduced to a minimum. Sporadic Aphtha or Thrush.—A faulty system offeeding with food of a questionable suitability, doubtlessassisted by conjoint errors, induces dyspepsia and faultyassimilation, bad blood, &c, and the local
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