CHAPTER VIII.
THE ABDOMEN—ITS ACCIDENTS AND ITS DISEASES.
ENTERITIS.
THE nose turned forcibly upward in horses is only expressive of general abdominal disease. The author has witnessed this symptom during the earliest stage of enteritis. It is frequently exhibited when no disturbance calling for treatment is known to be present, or can be subsequently observed. Still, because it is sometimes the earliest warning of intestinal disorder, all horses displaying such a peculiarity should receive pointed attention.
THE NOSE STRAINED VIOLENTLY UPWARD IS
A GENERAL SYMPTOM OF ABDOMINAL IRRITATION.
Enteritis is a fearful disease, treating the greatest possible agony. Aged horses are specially exposed to this scourge, which can rage with ungovernable fury from the commencement, and consume the life in eight hours. Its causes, unfortunately, are in a great measure purely conjectural; such as drinking cold water, etc. etc.