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even with symptoms of greater intensity than before. 

 He throws himself widely about, careless of the injur- 

 ies he receives during these moments of agony and 

 tossing. He grinds his teeth, bites the manger, and 

 looks towards his flanks with a wild, anxious expres- 

 sion. If he improves, the paroxysms become less 

 frequent and less violent, and free intervals longer, 

 until entire relief; or if worse, the pain becomes 

 more and more intense, paroxysms more frequent 

 until there is no free intervals ; inflammation results, 

 the ears and legs become cold, pulse small and wiry, 

 and the animal dies from the results of the inflam- 

 mation. 



Many of the symptoms of colic are similar to those 

 of inflammation of the bowels, and as the latter is by 

 far the most formidable disease, we will endeavor to 

 distinguish them, so as to avoid mistake. 



The attack of colic is sudden, while that of in- 

 flammation is more gradual. In colic, the pulse is 

 rarely quickened, and never so early in the disease, 

 while in inflammation it is very quick and small even 

 from the first. 



In colic, the legs and ears are of the natural tem- 

 perature. In inflammation, they are cold. In colic, 

 there is relief from rubbing the bowels and from 

 motion. In inflammation the bowels are very tender, 

 and motion vastly augments the pain. In colic, 

 there are intervals of rest, while in inflammation there 

 is constant pain. In colic, the strength is scarcely 

 affected, while in inflammation there is great and rap- 

 idly increasing weakness. 



