Compaction Colic 13 



To avoid inflamation of the bowels give with the raw oil 3 table- 

 spoonsful of turpentine in the first dose and 1 tablespoonful every 24 

 hours @ 1000 lbs live weight thereafter, for 3 days unless recovery 

 develops. 



Some years ago a law was passed forbidding druggists selling 

 [laudnium opium and morphine] to the public. There never was any 

 thing better ever happened. Such drugs kill pain for a time its true they 

 are good to deaden nerves running to the bowels, and stop the bowels from 

 acting the very thing we're trying to get them to do, hence in such 

 cases they are of no value. If the horse is in misery give him the 

 following formula which will act in 20 or 30 minutes. 



Fluid Extract of Capsicum, 1 dram (1 teaspoonful) 



Tr. Nux Vomica, 1 dram (1 teaspoonful) 



Chloroform, 2 drams (2 teaspoonsful) 



Tr. Cannabis Indica, 2 drams (2 teaspoonsful) 



Water, 1 pint. 



The above is one dose and can be purchased mixed in any desired 

 quantities and 6 teaspoonsful given at a dose in 1 pint of water. 



A horse should receive no feed until the bowels move in this form of 

 colic, but should receive all the water they will drink. Other remedies 

 sometimes used in this form of colic but to my mind inferior are 1 lb. 

 salts; 6-10 drams (6-10 teaspoonsful) Aloes. (Do not repeat). Aloes 

 will physic but it also causes intestinal cramps. I object to salts because 

 it is inducive to inflamation which we must guard against in this form of 

 colic. 



It may be necessary in case of bloat to puncture back of the last rib 

 to relieve the horse of gas and pain. Always puncture at the highest 

 point of the greatest distention usually on the right side but it may be 

 on the left. A little instrument called the trocar (See instrument cut 

 page 18, fig. 8) or a hollow needle are very useful for this purpose, since 

 they leave a hollow tube in the horse and the opening of the skin and in- 

 testines cannot get out of line and stop the escape of gas. Drug houses 

 handling veterinary instruments and mail order houses have these for sale. 



The instruments and place of puncture should be washed well with 

 dip or carbolic acid solution before the puncture is made. 



Feed no solid food such as corn, hay, oats, etc. for a few days. 



Some report good results in treating compaction colic with am- 

 monium carbonate. It is cheaper than raw oil but its dependability has 

 not been well established. With it barb aloes is used and it sometimes 



