418 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR, 



half an hour, repca^^ it every half hour till relief is obtained ; but if it 

 does not yield Avith tliree or four doses, give the following: 



No. 51, 1 Quart raw linseed oil, 



\^ Ounce chloroform, 

 Mix- 



Give as one dose. In half an hour, if the pain is continuous, give 



No. 52. 4 Grains sulphate of morphia, 



y^ Ounce water 

 Mix. 



Give as one dose with a syringe. Repeat it every half hour if necessary 

 to keep him quiet. If this does uot effect a cure, refer to treatment for 

 enteritis, for it certainly has run into inflammation of the bowels. 



TBIRD STAGE OF SPASMODIC COLIC. 



JQ. Flatulent Colic. 



Causes. — ^The nature of this disease is acute indigestion. Either 

 weak digestion, or a suspension of digestion entirely, allows the undi- 

 gested food to decompose, and while undergoing that process, fermenta- 

 tion sets up, gas is evolved, and the horse bloats up, sometimes to an 

 alarming extent, even to cause death by suffocation or rupture of the 

 stomach, intestines or diaphragm. It is most common where corn is fed 

 freely, and is apt to come on when the horse is taken out to work or 

 drive immediately after eating. The active exercise retards or wholly 

 interrupts digestion, and the moment digestion stops, decomposition set^ 

 in and the evolution of gas begins. It is very weakening and often fatal. 

 It usually lasts about two to four hours, but sometimes lingers for ten or 

 twelve, and sometimes proves fatal in half or three-quarters of an 

 hour. 



