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water, and apply blankets wrung from hot water to the bowels. 

 Rubbing the belly well with the hand is beneficial. A little 

 walking exercise is also beneficial, but trotting or running ex- 

 ercise is highly injurious. 



Flatulent Colic is a distention of the intestines with 

 gases. 



CAUSES. Poor food, green food, green or partly dried clover 

 hay, changing from one kind of food to another too suddenly, 

 feeding too soon after being over-heated, etc, or after severe and 

 protracted exertion. 



SYMPTOMS. The pain is constant but less severe than that in 

 spasmodic colic. The belly is more or less swollen, and gives a 

 drum-like sound when struck. The head is turned to the side. 

 The animal paws, rolls, and lies down; and may lie still for a 

 short time; tries to roll upon the back; sometimes backs into a 

 corner and remains there for awhile. He moves and lies down 

 more cautiously than in spasmodic colic. The breathing is 

 quickened; and, in a case that is likely to prove fatal, there is 

 an anxious look, the pulse becomes weak and irregular, and the 

 lips are drawn back, showing the teeth. 



TREATMENT. Give injections freely. 



Take Warm Water, gallon. 



Turpentine, ....... 1 ounce. 



Common Salt, ...... 1 ounce. 



Or, if a syringe can not be obtained, remove the dung as far 

 as you can reach with the hand. 



Take Laudanum, ....... 2 ounces. 



Aromatic Spirits of Ammonia, .... 1 ounce. 



Flaxseed Oil, raw, ^ pint. 



Mix, and give at one dose. 



Or, take Turpentine, ....... 2 ounces. 



Laudanum, ....... 1 ounce. 



Fluid Extract Belladonna, .... 1 dram. 



Raw Flaxseed Oil, ^ pint 



Mix, and give at one dose. If there is no relief in a half 

 hour, repeat the dose. 



