COLIC — riNDixG. o7o 



to thirty dro})s of laudanum, and in a few liours followed by 

 a drachm of rhubarb, with half-an-ounce of prepared chalk, 

 mixed in a pint of warm milk. This to be continued until 

 the sheep recovers. The food should be sprinkled with 

 salt. Hay and turnips should be given to him during the 

 continuance of the malady ; a quarter of an ounce of 

 tincture of terra-japonica may be given with advantage on 

 the second day after the bleeding. Let it be administered 

 in warm milk. 



COLIC. 



It not unfrequently happens after sheep-shearing, that 

 they are affected with flatulent colic, when the weather is 

 cold and damp. They roll much about when seized with 

 the complaint, and are considerably swelled. 



Eemedy. — Two table-spooniulls of the following mixture, 

 given twice or three times at intervals of an hour, will 

 generally prove effectual : — 



Compound tincture of senna, 6 drachms, 

 Spirit of nitre . . .1 ounce. 

 Tincture of rhubarb . . 6 drachms, 

 Laudanum . . .6 drachms, 

 "Water . . . 1 quart. 



FINDING. 



This is a complaint with which lambs are afBicted, gene- 

 rally when very young. The f^ecial discharge is of a thin, 

 glutinous consistence, w^hich has the effect of making the 

 tail adhere to the anus, effectually interrupting the pas- 

 sage of the dung, and proves most injurious to the lamb, 

 sometimes causing its death. This is, however, completely 

 prevented by docking the tail a day or two after birth. 



