. Elementary lectures on veterinary science, for agricultural students, farmers, and stockkeepers ... Fig. G.—Tubercular Spleen of Horse. I, I, I. Spleen. 2, 2, 2, 2. Tubercular deports. and diseases of crops—as, for example, anbury or club root inturnips. But to do good, a continued annual application is required. 255. Colic (Plate XX. A).—Pure and simple colic may be definedas a severe crampy pain in the belly, and is classed under threedifferent heads—viz., spasmodic, flatulent, and the two combined,or spasmo-fiatulent. The majority of complications found inconnexion with the abdominal orga
. Elementary lectures on veterinary science, for agricultural students, farmers, and stockkeepers ... Fig. G.—Tubercular Spleen of Horse. I, I, I. Spleen. 2, 2, 2, 2. Tubercular deports. and diseases of crops—as, for example, anbury or club root inturnips. But to do good, a continued annual application is required. 255. Colic (Plate XX. A).—Pure and simple colic may be definedas a severe crampy pain in the belly, and is classed under threedifferent heads—viz., spasmodic, flatulent, and the two combined,or spasmo-fiatulent. The majority of complications found inconnexion with the abdominal organs are, however, accompanied PLATE XX. Case of Obstruction of the Bowels from Calculus in Large Colon. THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS i6i more or less by colicky pains. Spasmodic Colic proper is due tospasm or cramp of the muscular coat of the intestines, more par-ticularly the small intestine. It arises from a variety of causes, suchas drinking cold water when the animal is heated, improper food, suchas wet grass, roots, worms, sudden chills, tumours, etc. (Figs. 6 and 7).This was taken from a photo of a portion of the mesentery or netof a five-year-old cart gelding which died from rupture of thestomach. The animal was for about eighteen months prior to deathsubject to periodical attacks of colic at intervals of five or six weeks,the pains varying both in severity and duration. The animal wasalways in good condition. The tumours shown on the diagram aretubercular, and very unique in the horse. When first attacked, thehorse wriggles the body from side to side, snifTs the ground, pawswith its fore-feet, cringes on its hind-legs, bend
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