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without much pain ; after a few minutes, gets 

 up, and then lies down again. The breathing- 

 is a little quickened ; the pulse, at the com- 

 mencement, increased to sixty or seventy, and 

 the ears and legs rather cold. In the course of 

 an hour or two all these symptoms rapidly in- 

 crease ; the pain of the belly becomes very great, 

 which is fully evinced on pressure; the pulse 

 rises to eighty or ninety, and the ears and legs 

 get much colder. His haggard countenance is 

 often anxiously turned towards his flanks, as he 

 groans and rolls; but he seldom tries to strike 

 his belly with his hind feet, as in gripes. The 

 bowels are always costive ; the belly is some- 

 times swollen, and the urine, if passed, is in 

 small quantities, and with pain. The mouth is 

 hot and dry ; and the eyelids red, looking gorged 

 with blood. 



Treatment, — Bleed * from six to eight quarts ; 

 three to four quarts (according as the horse is 

 large or small, and fat or thin) from each vein 

 at the same time. The bleeding over, back- 

 rake, and clyster with six ounces of Epsom salts, 

 dissolved in two gallons of thin rice congee. 

 Foment the belly with hot water for half an 

 hour, while a blister is preparing to be applied, 



* See '^ Bleeding," p. ^b. 



