78 NAVIX ON THE HORSE. 



Take — Powdered asafoetida 2 ounces. ■ 



Powdered capsicum, (red pepper) 4 drams. 



Powdered golden-seal 4 ounces. 



Powdered sassafras bark 8 ounces. 



Powdered sulphate of iron 2 ounces. 



Shorts 2 pounds. 



jNIix, and give it in doses of two table-spoonfuls, in the feed, once a day. 



Put a poplar pole in the stall for him to gnaw at. Give him 

 the ^^jlax-seed jelhj^'' as directed when describing that remedy. 

 If the cough should prove troublesome, give one of the reme- 

 dies recommended in chronic cough. The horse should have 

 plenty of salt. 



FLATULENT COLIC. 



There are two different kinds of colic to which the horse is 

 liable, and which are generally treated of by authors under the 

 one name of colic. It is true that some of the symptoms are 

 very much alike, and even those of some experience may not 

 at all times be able to immediately determine which kind of colic 

 the case belongs to. The names by which the different kinds of 

 colic are known are flatulent or windy colic, and spasmodic colic. 

 The term gripes is used by some as a name for all kinds of colic. 

 So, when you hear it said a horse has gripes, you know it is 

 meant he has colic. 



Flatulent or windy colic is by far the more frequent. It is a 

 very distressing disease, and runs its course in a few hours, the 

 horse cither getting well or dying. It occurs most frequently 

 during those seasons of the year that the horse is worked and 

 fed on green food. 



Sijmj)toms. — The attack of flatulent colic generally comes on 

 very suddenly. The horse becomes restless or uneasy, com- 

 mences pawing, and shows other signs of pain. The pain be- 

 comes more severe ; he looks around at his side, walks about 

 anxiously, lies down carefully, rolls, showing an effort to keep 

 on his back; gets up carefully, walks around as if in search of 



