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CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



time of year to turn out to grass, give a complete change of food • cai> 

 rots, turnips, apples, boiled bailey, scalded oats, and bran mashes. F«^ed 

 no corn at all. Give ii dose of purgative medicine, recipe No. 23. 

 When the purgation is all over, give the tonic No. 34, in soft feed. If 

 the appetite is poor, so that he won't eat the powder, give No. 35. Con- 

 tinue it a week, then stop a week, and repeat. 

 X. Spasmodic Colic. 



The term colic, means pain in the colon, (one of the large intestines), 

 but is accepted as the name for all pain in the abdomen. It is often 

 called belly-ache. It is always very serious, indeed, for two reasons — it 

 is terribly painful, and is very apt to run into inflammation of the bowels, 

 which is usually fatal. 



Spasmodic colic is pain in the bowels, from the violent, spasmodic con'- 

 traction and cramp of the muscular coat of the bowels. It is called spas- 

 modic on account of the pain and cramps being spasmodic and not contin- 



A RUPTURE BANDAGE. 



(a) Spot where a skewer lias been inserted which holds back the rupture. 



uous ; there are moments of relief from the pain, in which the animal will 

 be quite at his ease, but it is apt to come on again after a few moments. 



Some horses are particularly subject to colic, owing to a ravenous 

 manner of eating and drinking, consequently they have it from time to 

 time, and usually die with it after a few repetitions. 



Causes. — It is caused by some irritant in the bowels — indigestible 

 matter; also by large draughts of cold water, particularly if the horse 

 la warm. Colicky pains are very often symptoms of other diseases. 



riow to know it. — In the first stage, the horse will begin to be uneasy ; 

 looks around ; raises up his hind feet towards hisbelly ; ste[)S around from 

 one side of the stall to the other ; stops eating ; will curl as if to lie down 



