The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-08-18
GhG Sarmer.
oOlio in Horses.

It is remarkable the immense value of
property that, in the shape of domestic
animals Is leif at the mercy Of ignorance
and empiricism; and not less noticeable is
the torture inflicted upon such animals when
sick by the horse and COW doctors which
every rural neighborhood is apt to furnish
specimens generally Of thickheadedness
and often Of brutality hard to equal.
There is no greater need in farming com
munities than the presence of few men
in each who have even a slight knowledge
Of the ordinary diseases of farm stock aud
their appropriate remedies. In some of
the States agricultural colleges are con-
Quoted with view to giving instruction
in branches likely TO be serviceable to far
mers practicing their vocation, teachers
Of veterinary art have been appointed,
aud at recent meeting of the directors
Of the college in this State, an effort was
made by one of the members, but without
success, to have such instruction given
place there. DR.. Cressy, an accomplished
and trained veterinary surgeon, occupies
chair in the Massachusetts College, and
he has been lecturing in Vermont, where
great deal of interest has been awakened
by him in regard to this subject. Here is
what in one of his lectures he had to say
concerning collie in the horse:
"The most common kind of collie in
horses is known as wind collie This
arises from fermentation Of the food in
stomach instead Of its healthy digestion.
If a horse is brought in tired and is fed
Immediately, aud fills his stomach, there
may not be sufficient gastric juice to per-
form its Office. The food will then fer
nent. Soon the horse will bloat; the
breathing becomes hard, with frothing at
the mouth. This may not be confounded
with the hard breathing in lung fever,
since, in the latter there is no bloating.
"The passage Of the stomach and bowels
becomes clogged with masses of indigested
food, the gas arising from the fermentation
cannot pass out Of the stomach, which be-
comes distended, and presses the diaphragm
forward so that the lungs cannot expand,
the breath becomes short, and the rapid
breathing will shortly induce frothing. If
the trouble reach this stage the horse will
rarely live more than an hour. In this
disease time is Of the greatest value As
soon as you sec your horse bloating give
something to stop the fermentation. For
this heaping table spoonful of saleratus
is the best thing. Spirits of hartshorn in
a dose of half an ounce, very much dilut-
ed, is also good. If now you have check
ed the fermention for FIVE minutes, the
next thing is to make the gas pass off.
To do this give warm watery injections
freely, injecting all the animal will hold,
if it is q pailful. Turn the horses head
down bill, land use small force pump, if
you have one, or, if not, use a piece of
rubber tube, which should be inserted as
far as it will go with ease, and the end of
the tube may then be turned up and
funnel put in, into which turn warm
water
After you have put in all the horse
will hold turn him about and let it pass
away, and repeat the operation till the
bowels become free and the gas passes off.
Meantime, another hand should be pre-.
pairing dose of physic, which should be
from one-half to three-fourths Of an ounce
Of aloes. This, il put into water by itself,
will not dissolve, Int, if put into pint Of
warm water in which heaping tablespoon
full Of saleratus has been dissolved, the
aloes will dissolve and the saleratus will
be useful as an antiseptic to stop the fer
mentation; to this can be added some
mclasses 70 make it more palatable.
q. .1.sshop& the animal seem in much pain
give two oaiiess Of laudanum or an ounce
Of ether, or half an ounce Of chIoroform.
Should the physic not act in half an hour
or an hour, if it is very severe ease,
repeat the dose, keeping up the injections
during the time.
@If there is structure from linking Of
the bowels, there will be no help. The
lecturer had known horse to die in thirty
minutes in spite of all efforts. Aconite is
sometimes given to cure collie, but it was of
no value: nor is salt or vinegar, or both, of
use. Chalk and vinegar, which are some
times given, the chalk inst and then the
vinegar, will alone produce collie, and
should never be given, as the efferveseence
may give pressure sufficient to to burst the
bowels. In no event take out the animal
and run or trot him about, nor rub his
belly with a chestnut rail.
"The course sometimes adopted Of lay
ing the horse on his side and getting
heavy man with thick boots to walk across
him, back and forth, is also useless and
cruel to the extreme. If the horse can
be saved, i win be by the use of injec-
tions and physie."