. The homœopathic veterinary doctor, giving the history, means of prevention, and symptoms of all diseases of the horse, ox, sheep, hog, dog, cat, poultry and birds, and the most approved methods of treatment. Veterinary medicine. 68 THE VETERINARY DOCTOR. INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS.—ENTERITIS, Inflammation of the muscular coat of the intestines is caused by expos- ure to cold and wet; excessive exercise, with sudden chill; drinking cold water when heated; over-feeding; want of work; bad treatment or neglect of colic; strong purgatives; continued constipation; rupture in the intestines. Symfto
. The homœopathic veterinary doctor, giving the history, means of prevention, and symptoms of all diseases of the horse, ox, sheep, hog, dog, cat, poultry and birds, and the most approved methods of treatment. Veterinary medicine. 68 THE VETERINARY DOCTOR. INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS.—ENTERITIS, Inflammation of the muscular coat of the intestines is caused by expos- ure to cold and wet; excessive exercise, with sudden chill; drinking cold water when heated; over-feeding; want of work; bad treatment or neglect of colic; strong purgatives; continued constipation; rupture in the intestines. Symftoms.—These are similar to those of colic, from which they should be studiously distinguished. (See the table of symptoms under Colic.) The pain is continuous, not paroxysmal; pulse hard and small, ranging from 60 to 100, and in extreme cases imperceptible or thready; mouth hot, and usually dry; nostrils expanded, red and hot; bowels very much bound; urine stopped; abdomen tender and tucked up; extremities cold; copious sweats, becoming cold and sour-smelling in latter stages; breathing quick and short; the horse paws; lies down and rises often; strikes his belly; looks at his flanks as if in great pain; as the pain increases, the horse drops, rolls, and lies on his back; these symptoms, after some hours, ma3- be followed by a subsidence of pain, the body being still covered with a cold, clamm}' sweat; the eye becomes lusterless; the lips hang; the mouth is very cold; tremor occurs in the muscles, par- '% ^"^f^ ''/r^"^;r-~^-^—*\r-^—:i'%( ticularly in the extremities. These symptoms indicate an inflammation of the outer. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hammerton, George H. Chicago, Gross & Delbridge
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