104 THE DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



Fit follows fit, each one usually increasing in length and 

 severity, the intervals of ease being imperceptible ; phys- 

 ical exertion and convulsions cause profuse perspiration ; 

 drops of sweat stand on the brows and eyelashes. 



The next state is one of delirium, violence, danger; 

 eyes wild ; cold sweats ; tremors ; falls, or perhaps from 

 the maddening pain, throws itself down and dies. 



The pulse at first and during remissions of pain is little 

 altered; during pain, as before said, it quickens and is 

 contracted to a thread, being at times almost impercepti- 

 ble ; during extreme pain, its quickness and perceptibility 

 are increased ; belly tense, sometimes swollen, and usually 

 very tender ; bowels constipated, though dung will often 

 pass on the eve of an attack, and sometimes afterward; 

 also urine. 



Remedy. — See ( Flatulent Colic/ 



FLATULENT COLIC 



Is not as common as e spasmodic colic/ but it is more 

 dangerous. It is caused by indigestion, foods which easily 

 undergo fermentation, such as raw potatoes, green clover, 

 brewers' grain, wheat, and boiled food, crib-biting, &c. 

 It may follow spasmodic colic. Its seat is the large in- 

 testines — csecum and colon. 



Symptoms. — Unlike spasmodic colic, there are no re- 

 missions of pain, and the belly is more or less tensely 

 swollen and resonant on percussion ; pulse soon becomes 

 rapid and feeble ; breathing rapid and mostly thoracic 

 (belonging to the chest) ; extremities cold ; more or less 

 delirium ; reels to and fro ; muscles twitch ; lips re- 

 tracted, &c. 



Remedy. — Purgative to remove irritant; aloes for the 

 horse, oils and salines for cattle and sheep. Purgation 

 hastened and pain relieved by copious laxative clyster in- 

 jections, hot fomentations, friction to abdomen, and gen- 

 tle exercise. Ether, oil of turpentine, other volatile oils, 



