MODERN FARRIER. 839 



Causes. — This disease, in horned cattle, is gene- 

 Tally the effect of costiveness, or a retention of food 

 in the third stomach. Sometimes, however, it hap- 

 pens when the bowels are in a lax or natural state. 

 Cows that are fed upon grains are very liable to this 

 complaint ; such, also, as are kept upon dry food are 

 often attacked by it. When flatulent colic takes 

 place independent of costiveness, it is generally oc- 

 casioned by feeding greedily upon fresh succulent 

 grass, or by drinking cold water when heated by 

 exercise, and comes on rather suddenly; but, when 

 it is caused by costiveness, the attack is generally 

 more gradual. 



Cure — When the colic originates in costiveness, 

 purging njedicines are, of course, the essential re- 

 medy ; but they should be combined with aromatics 

 or stimulants, as in the foliouing formulse: 



Barbadoes aloes, - half an ounce. 



Carbonat of potash, - 3 drachms. 



Powdered ginger, - half an ounce. 



Water, - _ . 1 pint. 



Oil of turpentine, - 1 ounce. 



Linseed oil, - - 8 ounceSo 



Mix, for one dose. 



When the above medicine cannot be procured in 

 lime, the following may be substituted for it. 



Common salt, - - half a pound. 

 Sweet oil, linseed oil, or any 



kind of oil that is not very 



rancid, or even melted 



hog's lard, - - half a pound. 



Flour of mustard, - 1 ounce. 



Water, _ ™ _ 1 quart. 



To this a glass of spirit may be added. 



If the animal is in good condition, or the inner 

 surface of the eyelid is unusually red, she should be 

 bled freely ; but if the complaint is attended with 



