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TREATMENT. Give the SPECIFIC for INDIGESTION, 

 J J, fifteen drops every hour, and continue this 

 treatment until relieved. But if the staggers in- 

 crease or show more tendency to engorgement of 

 the brain, the SPECIFIC for STAGGERS, A A, should 

 be alternated with that first mentioned, in doses of 

 fifteen drops, repeated every hour at first and then 

 at longer intervals, and the two may be continued 

 in this manner until relief is obtained. If the 

 dung should be dry, scanty, or suppressed, large 

 and frequent injections of tepid water will be of great 

 value. 



Colic. 



This is one of the most common diseases of the 

 horse. The passage of food along the bowels is 

 effected by the alternate contraction and relaxation 

 of the muscular coat of the intestines. Hence it is 

 easy to perceive that flatulent or irritating food, 

 food in too large quantities, large quantities of green 

 food that produce much gas, masses of hard, dry 

 dung, or sudden chill upon the warm skin, all may 

 produce irregular contraction of the intestines, and 

 hence produce pain and colic/ Tumors, worms, and 

 stones also produce the same result. 



SYMPTOMS. In colic the attack begins sud- 

 denly. The animal is uneasy ; shifts his po- 

 sition, paws or stamps the ground, kicks his 

 belly with his hind feet, looks frequently at 

 his flanks, groans, falls upon the ground and rolls 

 about violently, or lies on his back, in which posture 

 he remains for a short time seeming quiet and free 

 from pain. Soon however, the pain comes on again. 



