THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 7\ 



The too sudden use of green food after being some 

 time accustomed to dry only. Costiveness may occa- 

 sion it, and in such cases the attack is considerably 

 more dangerous than in ordinary cases. With some 

 horses it has been accounted constitutional. 



The Symptoms of this disease are very sudden : 

 without any apparent warning the horse becomes rest- 

 less, pawing the ground, shifting from side to side in 

 his stall, and occasionally striking his belly with his 

 feet ; and when the attack is very severe, he will lie 

 down, and then rise suddenly ; sometimes rolling about 

 on his litter : the pains, however, are frequently inter- 

 mitting, when the animal feels a momentary relief, and 

 then the spasm returns with greater violence than be- 

 fore, which is evident from the general uneasiness 

 of the horse. After a duration of from ten and twelve 

 to twenty hours, inflammation will take place, and 

 death often follows. 



•- 

 Treatment. — When simple spasm alone exists, the 

 medicines which may be efiicaciously used are very 

 numerous ; at the head of these we may place turpen- 

 tine and opium, which are almost universally given. 

 Spirit of Turpentine - - 3 ounces. 



Tincture of Opium - - 1 ounce. 



Pepper (ground) - - - 5 or 6 drachms, 

 made into a drink with half a pint of warm ale, will 

 oftentimes act speedily in giving relief, 



Mr. Paris, in an article in " The Veterinarian," says 

 be has often given — 



Oil of Turpentine - - - 4 ounces, 



Tincture of Assafoetida - - - 1 ounce, 

 Spirit of Nitrous ^ther - - 1 ounce, 



Spirit of Hartshorn - - - 1 ounct;, 



