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CHAP. VI. 



THE WINDY, OR FLATULENT COLIC. 



The windy, or flatulent colic, is in general pro- 

 duced by the horse eating greedily of some succu- 

 lent food, as fresh clover, different grasses, new 

 hay, or new corn ; obstinate costiveness ; eating 

 too much immediately after great fatigue ; perspi- 

 ration suddenly checked from imprudent exposure 

 to cold and wet, and sometimes from drinking 

 cold water when heated. It may be occasioned 

 by any one of these, impairing the healthful func- 

 tions of the intestines, causing a painful distention 

 and contraction of one or more parts of them, and 

 is indicated by the following symptoms. 



The horse often lies down, and suddenly rises 

 again with a spring ; strikes his belly with his 

 hind-feet, stamps with his fore-feet, and refuses 

 every kind of food. When this disorder is violent, it 

 throws his body into convulsive motions; his eyes are 

 turned up, and his limbs stretched out as if dying ; 

 his ears and feet are sometimes hot and sometimes 

 cold ; he falls into profuse sweats, succeeded by cold 

 shivering fits : he often strives to stale, but without 

 effect, and often turns his head towards his flank. 



