. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. DISEASES OF THE INTESTINES. 359 Give a pint of linseed oil, and follow this by Purgative Pill JSIo. 18. In addition, give the following—a wineglassful in half a pint of water four times a day: No. 41. Tincture of mix vomica, 1 ounce. Extract of belladonna, )^ ounce. Powdered alum, 2 ounces. Water, 1 pint. Mix. Warm injections of soap and water, by means of the funnel, as recommended for colic, will nearly always be of great benefit. VII. Hail-balls and Concretions. To these are due m
. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. DISEASES OF THE INTESTINES. 359 Give a pint of linseed oil, and follow this by Purgative Pill JSIo. 18. In addition, give the following—a wineglassful in half a pint of water four times a day: No. 41. Tincture of mix vomica, 1 ounce. Extract of belladonna, )^ ounce. Powdered alum, 2 ounces. Water, 1 pint. Mix. Warm injections of soap and water, by means of the funnel, as recommended for colic, will nearly always be of great benefit. VII. Hail-balls and Concretions. To these are due many cases of colic and constipation, especially amono; old horses. Hair-balls are formed from the habit some horses have of licking one another, or from eating the sweeping of mill floors containino; the beard of the a;rain. Pass ing to the bowels, these substances become matted together by the mucus which is secreted as the result of the intestinal irritation. Concre- tigns are usually deposits of salts, from the in- testinal juices, around some nucleus, such as a piece of nail; or they come from the matting together of sand or earth, which has been par- taken of through some morbid appetite; or, instead, particles of food may be imbedded in them, the whole being bound together by the an intestinal con- secretion, the mucus, already spoken of. cretion. Symptoms.—Hair-balls are frequently found Showing the central nu- / r _ ^ 'J cleus, and the layers of among the dung, having caused no trouble on concreted substance that ., . T> i. ii J- 1 j_i have formed around it. their passage. But they are not alwaj's thus harmless; they often cause great pain while slowly working their way through the intestinal canal. The animal may even sit on his haunches like a dog, and so continue perhaps for daj's, and only get relief at last by the ball shifting to some more favorable position. Later the pain may, perhaps, recur as bad as ever; at least, the liability to this will be ever pre
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