HORSES: THEIR POINTS AND MANAGEMENT 



block it up. Here our })uri^ative may have been the means of 

 converting simple sjxisni into one of inflammation and death. 



Again, supposing that colic results from an overdose of 

 physic, fermentation, or excess of green food, diarrhoea, a 

 strangulated rupture, etc., by giving physic, we will, instead 

 of subduing the pain, increase it, and probably subdue the 

 animal instead. 



Having, or believing to have, a correct knowledge of the 

 cause, then it may or may not be necessary to give a purgative. 

 When thought to result from indigestion, give the following 

 draught at once : — 



Recipe. — Powdered Barbados aloes, 6 drachms (dissolved 

 in hot water, 2 ounces) ; tincture of belladonna, ^ ounce ; 

 sweet spirit of nitre, i ounce ; sal volatile, \ ounce ; tincture of 

 ginger, ^ ounce ; water, k pint ; mix and make draught. Give 

 the whole at once to a medium sized horse. If the pain con- 

 tinues (two hours) repeat, but leave out the aloes. 



When the pain is due to drinking cold water after being 

 overheated, use the draught below : — 



Recipe. — Tincture of capsicum, 3 drachms ; tincture of 

 ginger, 4 drachms ; laudanum, i ounce ; tincture of hyoscyamus, 

 I ounce ; sulphuric aether, 2 ounces ; water added, \ pint ; 

 mix, and give the whole just as it is. 



In repeated attacks of cohc, this draught will be found 

 suitable. When the belly is distended with gas, two to 

 eight tablespoonsful of turpentine may be given at once, 

 in a pint of linseed oil. If there is no improvement after a 

 time, but the belly is not as yet increasing much in size, repeat 



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