ON THE EIGHT FORMS OF COLIC (kURKUEI) AND THEIR TREATMENT 21 



md^ha of burnt borax in half a pint of water and give as a drench. 

 The horse will obtain speedy relief by passing wind freely. Item : 

 take a stick of nlm} a little thicker than a man's thumb ; place 

 this in the mouth like a snaffle, and leave the horse tied up in its 

 stall for the space of four gharlr [i.e., about ]| hours). Champing 

 the stick will recall to its mind its temporarily forgotten vice. 



Sixth kind op Colic (Hernia). — Should an entire horse without 

 any reason lie down continuously and roll on its back, examine its 

 scrotum. If it is hard and swollen, know that the partition 

 between the abdomen and the scrotum has become weak and has 

 burst, and that a portion of the intestines has descended into the 

 scrotum. The only remedy is to geld at once ; but first the 

 intestine must be restored to its place, for it is dangerous to let it 

 remain protruding. 



Should the colic not come under any of the above-mentioned six 

 heads, and the horse be greatly distressed, lyiiig down and getting up 

 again frequently, then know that a large pellet of hard dung" has 

 become stuck in atwisf^ of the intestine. Treatment: get the heads 

 and shanks of four goats or so, and make from them ten quarts of 

 thick ^ soup. Grive this soup to the horse to drink and it will remove 

 the obstruction. Also grease your forearm well, up to the elbow,'' 

 and back-rack. Further, cut the horse's grain for a day or so. This 

 form of colic frequently ends fatally. Item : the following is a receipt 

 given me by a friend ; it is one I have frequently proved : grind 

 finely 8 ozs. of nar-kachPr,^ and give this daily till a cure is effected. 



Renal Colic. — If the colic comes under none of the above 

 heads, it is renal colic ^ [qulinj). The symptoms are a continual 



1 Nim, the nim or margosa tree {melia asadirachta) . 



3 There are sixty-four gharl in the twenty-four hours, or eight gliari 

 in one pahar or three hours. A ghari is therefore about twenty-four 

 minutes. In modern Urdu gharl has come to mean the equivalent of 

 the English hour. 



^ Sudda, any obstruction ; but medically a collection of hard f oeces. 



* Bat, a twist or turn of the intestine ; a wrinkle or fold on a fat 

 man's belly. 



^ Labdard, anything the consistency of thick gruel, 



^ Dand, the arm above the elbow. 



7 Nar-Jcachur, a kind of Zedoary, Zingiber Zerumbet. 



8 " The symptoms are a swollen belly, rumbling of the belly, 

 difficulty in staling and dunging, rising and falling of the testicles, 

 and lying down and getting up." — Zinat'^'' 'l-Khayl. 



