. Diseases & disorders of the horse, a treatise on equine medicine and surgery, being a contribution to the science of comparative pathology. Horses. 71 duller, the mouth becomes clammy, the breath perhaps fetid, until at length he can hold out no longer, and death puts an end to his suffering. The mortality in enteritis varies from 45 to 65 per cent. If, as happens in some rare instances, the acute symptoms abate after the lapse of a few hours, and the pulse regains in some degree its normal character, becoming fuller, softer, and slower, there is great hope of recovery. In the form of en
. Diseases & disorders of the horse, a treatise on equine medicine and surgery, being a contribution to the science of comparative pathology. Horses. 71 duller, the mouth becomes clammy, the breath perhaps fetid, until at length he can hold out no longer, and death puts an end to his suffering. The mortality in enteritis varies from 45 to 65 per cent. If, as happens in some rare instances, the acute symptoms abate after the lapse of a few hours, and the pulse regains in some degree its normal character, becoming fuller, softer, and slower, there is great hope of recovery. In the form of enteritis, which we spoke of as apoplectic, the appearances found at the autopsy are very marked and characteristic. The lining membrane of the affected section of the gut is intensely congested, being of a deep purple or even black colour, and in many instances much blood is effused into the intestinal canal. The lining membrane is also much thickened, and can easily be separated from its connections with the underlying coats of the gut. The other coats are also intensely infiltrated with blood-stained effusion. In some cases so extensive is the infiltration and thickening, and so intense is the inflammatory process, that the tissue just outside the lining membrane appears as a dark purple or black gelatinous mass two inches or more in thickness, extending for varying lengths of the gut,' and sometimes involving many feet of the intestinal tract. It is noteworthy that even though the amount of effusion into the gut be very great, and the contents themselves be fluid, the bowels usually remain inactive, owing to paralysis of the muscular coats. In other forms of enteritis the inflammatory- process is not of this marked character : the inflammation is usually more patchy in distribution. Inflammation of the bowels requires all the care and attention of the high-class veterinary surgeon. â j^ In cases of enteritis, a drench containing seven ininims of Fleming's tincture of aconite
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