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to It medicine that it does not need, and 

 that often converts the slight and transient 

 indisposition into serious illness. 



Colic, 



In no one disease perhaps is this more 

 noticeable than when a doof is attacked 

 with colic. Usually powerful cathartics are 

 repeatedly administered, greatly to the dis- 

 comfort and often to the serious harm of 

 the patient. Colic may be a disease of it- 

 self, as in case of an accumulation of gas in 

 the intestines ; or it may be a symptom 

 of much graver trouble, as in case of stop- 

 page. In neither case is it advisable to 

 give a powerful cathartic, as in most cases 

 its action will, for a short time at least, add 

 to the pain by increasing the pressure at 

 the seat of the trouble. The suddenness 

 of the attack and the appearance of distress, 

 manifested by arched back, swelled ab- 

 domen and cries of pain, are symptoms of 

 colic that arc at once recognized. 71ie 



