INFLAMMATORY COLIC. 33 



(RECIPE, No. 16.) 



Take— Linseed, four ounces ; boil it in five quarts of 

 water until it is reduced to four; let it 

 stand ten minutes, then pour off the clear 

 liquid, and dissolve therein four ounces of 

 Glauber's salts, half a pound of treacle, 

 and one handful of common salt. 



It must here be repeated, that before any clys- 

 ter is administered a small hand should be well 

 rubbed with it, and then be passed up the horse's 

 fundament or anus, in order to bring away the 

 hardened faeces, which otherwise would obstruct 

 the passage of the clyster. This will, in most 

 cases, have the desired effect. 



CHAP. VII. 



THE INFLAMMATORY COLIC, OR INFLAMMATION 

 OF THE INTESTINES. 



This kind of colic, or gripes, is by many, 

 with great propriety, called inflammation of the 

 bowels ; and though it may commonly be said to 

 be a continuation of the former, only assuming a 

 more dangerous aspect, yet in many cases it exists 

 as a primary disease. An inflammation com- 

 mences in some part of the intestines ; and if 

 speedy means are not employed to subdue it, the 



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