British Veterinary Journal (Volume 1) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1875 Excerpt: ... The Veterinary Journal AND DECEMBER, 1875. GASTRO-ENTERITIS, FOLLOWED BY APOPLEXY AND LAMINITIS. BY JOSEPH WOODGER, JUNR., M.R.C.V.S., LONDON. In the middle of August, I was sent for by one of my clients to see some horses which he said appeared to be very ill. On my arrival at the stable, I found upon inquiry that all the horses had worked the previous day, and that during their work nearly all of them had Diarrhoea. On examining them, I observed that the symptoms in all were, brown or white-coated tongue, fetid breath, ulceration of the gums (principally of the lower jaw), constipation of the bowels, and in some, abdominal pain and delirium. The more severe cases had a very quick hard pulse, anxious countenance, the surface of the body covered with a cold clammy sweat, repeated attempts to vomit (nothing but froth being ejected), and Laminitis in one or more feet. Others showed the same symptoms, but instead of having Laminitis, they presented indications of brain derangement. I never had any opportunity of seeing any of the horses whilst purgation existed, as in all the cases in which it occurred it did so whilst at work; afterwards there was constipation. The tongue in nearly all the animals was very dry and browncoated, with cracks across; others were dry and white-coated, and the breath was most offensive. VOL. I. 26 The ulceration of the gums was principally upon the lower jaw, but in some instances upon the upper as well. The ulcers did not make their appearance as in Aphthous Fever, with a vesicle, but there appeared to be complete sloughing of the part. They varied in size from a pin's head to half an inch in diameter, and in some instances the gums round the tushes and teeth sloughed out; in most cases healthy granulations sprang up very quickly....