. Horse welfare : the "Giles" method of veterinary treatment : the original methods employed by Dr. Giles in an experience of over fifty years : enables one to treat successfully all ailments incident to the horse : to effect more cures than professionals employing any other treatment and prevent troubles they cannot avert .. . ar and starch. When it arrives in thestomach, the gastric juice aids in dissolving the nitrogenous matter con-tained in it and the muscular coat of the stomach churns up the foodand gradually pushes it into the small intestine, where it is met by thebile and pancre
. Horse welfare : the "Giles" method of veterinary treatment : the original methods employed by Dr. Giles in an experience of over fifty years : enables one to treat successfully all ailments incident to the horse : to effect more cures than professionals employing any other treatment and prevent troubles they cannot avert .. . ar and starch. When it arrives in thestomach, the gastric juice aids in dissolving the nitrogenous matter con-tained in it and the muscular coat of the stomach churns up the foodand gradually pushes it into the small intestine, where it is met by thebile and pancreatic juice, which more or less complete the work of di-gestion. The wormlike action of the muscular coat of the intestinesforces the food backwards, during which course its digested portions aremore or less completely absorbed, the residue enters the rectum and fromthence is finally expelled from the system. HORSE WELFARE. 53 COLIC A COMMON AILMENT, HOW TO TREAT AND PREVENT. STATISTICS show that about forty per cent of the internal troublesaffecting horses may be charged to colic; that the mortality isabout 13 per cent, and about 40 per cent, of the general deathrate. The great frequency and danger of colic in horses is due to thefact that they cannot vomit, save in very rare instances. From the fact QUUET , URBTERS , RBCTUn. ANATOMY OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. that colic, being a manifestation of pain in the interior of the abdomen,it may be a symptom of various ailments, viz.: Irritation of the intes-tines due to indigestion; worms; enteritits, hernia, twisted bowel, ob-struction and calculi. The latter causes colic more frequently from theirshifting about than by their size. Syinptoms of the presence of calculiare frequent attacks of colic from no other apparent cause. Thereforein treating colic, the predisposing cause should be removed. Horses which suffer frequently from attacks of colic without os-tensible cause, should be looked after with extreme care, for such at- 54 GILE
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