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antispasmodics, and these must be of the more powerful class. 

 Administer immediately the following : 



Take — Chloroform 2 drams. 



Oil turpentine 1 ounce. 



Tincture of asafoetida 2 ounces. 



"Warm water 1 pint. 



Mix, and give as a dreucli. 



If the patient is not better in one hour, give this : 



Take — Sulphuric ether 2 ounces. 



Tincture of camphor 1 ounce. 



Musk 3 grains. 



Ginger 1 ounce. 



Whisky 1 pint. 



Mix, and give as a drench. Kepeat every three hours, omitting the ether, 

 and using in its place sweet spirits of niter, two ounces, until the patient is well. 



The horse should be blanketed, and his food should be light 

 for a few days. 



■ KNOTTING OF THE BOWELS. 



Under this head I shall explain two distinct ways in which a 

 fatal obstruction in the guts takes place. The first is called 

 intus-susception, in which a small portion of the gut (the ilium) 

 is drawn in, and, by the powerful action in colic, is forced into 

 the wider portion joining it, like a small tube into a larger one. 

 When this takes place, nothing can pass through the place ob- 

 structed ; inflammation and mortification soon follow, and death 

 is the unavoidable consequence. 



The other difficulty is an entanglement of the guts, in which 

 they may be wound into nooses, knots, or loops, so firm that 

 the channel of the gut is perfectly closed. This difficulty is 

 another result of colic, and for which there is no remedy. It 

 is followed by inflammation and mortification, and, of course, 

 death. 



