^4 Spasmodic CJwlic, 



his skin, whilst the agony of the confliet lasts, it will be necessary 

 to put upon him dry cloathing, to remove from under him all the wet 

 litter, and to make hi«i an ample bed of dry straw, so that in ca»e 

 he lies down, he may not be subjected to the influence of cold upon 

 his surface, which would paost. likely %e the jnoans of occasioning a 

 relapse of the disorder.— The Horse ought to have water offered t© 

 him frequently, the chill being first taken off it, and it may be pru- 

 dent to keep hun chiefly upon Bran Mashes for two or three days, 

 after being subjected io so much pain and such severe discipline. 



I l>ave already glanced at the cruelty of ^a part of the common 

 treatment, of Horses affected with Cholic, namely, that of urging 

 them by whipping and other sudi means, to perform rapid motion, 

 whilst laJbouring under the excruciating agony, which always attends 

 severe attacks of this complaint. — To the enlightened and liberal- 

 minded, enough, perhaps, has been said already, to prove the inhu- 

 manity of the practice. It may not, however, be amiss to say a 

 few words upon its impolicy, and absurdity. 



And here again, is another case, where we may with equal safety 

 and propriety, have recourse to the aid of analogy, without running 

 any risque of being misled by its application. Let me ask the advo- 

 cates for this mode of treatment, then, what would be said of a 

 Physician who might be called upon to prescribe for a person rolling 

 about under the anguish of a fit of Chohc, if he were to order the 

 patient to rise, and cure himself by running ? — Surely common 

 sense would condemn both the advice and the giver of it. 



But if, (to apply the analogy a little closer to the case) the 

 Physician, (not content with being told by his patient, that, from 

 the torture he was induring, he was unable to support himself on hi* 



