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trouble; gets up and roams about the stall, then lies 

 down again, sweats profusely at times, switches its tail, 

 tries to urinate frequently; sometimes sits up on its 

 haunches like a dog, or kneels down like a trick horse. 

 Again it will try to roll so as to get on the back, with 

 all four feet in the air. These positions seem to give 

 some ease from the pain. Often it groans loudly, as 

 if to show, the pain it is suffering. 



For the bowels there are many home remedies avail- 

 able, as one pound of Glauber's or Epsom salts; or a 

 pint to a quart of linseed or castor oil with 15 drops of 

 croton oil added; or one ounce of powdered aloes, two 

 drams of calomel, one dram of powdered nux vomica 

 mixed thoroughly. A gallon or more of warm, soapy 

 water administered as an injection twice at hourly in- 

 tervals should always follow any of the other remedies 

 because of the difficulty of reaching the trouble through 

 the stomach. 



An entire bottle of Jamaica ginger or any of the 

 various pain killers or cholera remedies that are to be 

 found in almost every country home or store will very 

 materially allay the pain. Dilute them with a pint of 

 water. Do not give all of these remedies at once; do 

 not give a second dose for at least twenty-four hours, as 

 it takes that long for the bowels of the horse to move. 

 Give a full dose at one time rather than two small sep- 

 erate doses. Don't kill the animal with kindness; give the 

 medicine a chance to work, and the animal a chance to 

 get well. In bad cases the hand and arm may be greased 

 or soaped and inserted in the rectum and the hard pieces 

 of fecal matter removed. This will materially assist the 

 medicines. 



Wind Colic. In wind colic many of the symptoms are 



