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and pains are allayed, after which the doses should 

 be lessened in quantity, and given at greater intervals. 

 If the inflammatory symptoms are very great, it may be 

 necessary to blister the belly and sides with mustard, 

 and in extreme cases recourse must be had to bleeding, 

 but this must only be resorted to when accompanied 

 with general febrile symptoms. The horse must be kept 

 well clothed, and its legs thoroughly rubbed and ban- 

 daged. The next disease of the bowels is 



SPASMODIC COLIC. 

 This disorder generally comes on very suddenly, 

 without any premonitory signs. The horse becomes 

 very restless, shifts his position, paws the ground, and 

 looks round at its flanks Avith great anxiety, sometimes 

 raising its foot as high as its belly, and strikes it 

 violently. It will also lie down and roll about on its 

 back ; in a few minutes the spasm will subside, 

 and the animal after shaking will resume feeding; 

 at longer or shorter intervals the attack is renewed, 

 but with increased violence, when it will throw itself 

 on the ground with considerable force, will break into a 

 copious perspiration, and heave greatly at the flanks. 

 The spasms are renewed at intervals, and gradually 

 become less frequent and less severe, or if on the contrary 

 they are more frequent and acute, and at length mani- 

 fest an almost uninterrupted series, then it may be 

 suspected that violent inflammation and mortification 

 have taken place, and that death will speedily ensue. 

 Stones and large earthy lumps in the intestines cause 

 colic pains, but we cannot tell why they are present. 



