14 ROE ON THE HORSE. 



first stage of this disease; the limbs and ears 

 being about the ordinary warmth. If at work, 

 the horse stops and presents signs of distress ; 

 lies down or throws himself recklessly down, gets 

 up, paws, looks round at his side, and throws 

 himself again, repeating about the same pro- 

 gramme, until the skillful doctor cures or the 

 4 'Equine Tragedian" leaves the stage of existence 

 forever. 



TEEATMENT. 



That must succeed most infalliably in this 

 form of Colic, can naturally admit of but little 

 change from that recommended for spasmodic 

 colic; the two forms of colic being so nearly 

 allied that it is often impossible for the most 

 accurate Diagnosian to draw a true and consist- 

 ent line of demarkation. But will say that the 

 present form (Flatulent) must (if possible) receive 

 more prompt treatment, from the fact of the 

 alarmingly bloated state often found, in which, 

 the violent throes of the animal has been known 

 to rupture the stomach. Double the amount of 

 every narcotic recommended in spasmodic colic, 

 wherever the violence of the disease demands- 

 kill the pain or it will kill the horse. 



INFLAMMATION OF STOMACH & BOWELS, 



While really one and inseperable in form and 

 nature, are redundantly and irksomely treated 

 under both of the above names, which I do not 

 think admit of any such division, from the fact 



