488 WHAT TO DO BEFORE THE 



The dog yells and moans during the attack, moves uneasily from 

 place to place, and when it passes off, lies down and curls itself up 

 until another spasm comes on. 



Rubbing the belly well, applying warmth to it by means of a 

 hot blanket or hot water, or a stimulating liniment, exercise at a 

 slow or fast pace, the exhibition of a stimulant, as alcohol, or an 

 anodyne, as laudanum, usually relieves the animal. It may be 

 necessary to administer a mild castor oil or linseed oil purgative, 

 when the spasm depends upon some irritation in the intestine, and 

 to give enemas. 



In tympanitic or flatulent colic the symptoms are similar, and 

 there is more or less distension of the belly, with, perhaps, nausea 

 and labored breathing, as well as stupor when the distension is 

 great. 



If the tympany is due to crib-biting or wind-sucking, rubbing 

 the belly very hard, and giving exercise, will often afford relief. 

 If it does not, or if the attack proceeds from indigestion, then a 

 strong stimulant dose must be given, with an oil or other purga- 

 tive — the treatment being something the same as in spasmodic 

 colic. 



In attacks of colic — whether spasmodic or flatulent — if the 

 symptoms do not disappear in the course of an hour or two, the 

 veterinary surgeon should be sent for, as serious consequences may 

 follow. 



Inflammation op the Bowels — Inflammation of the bowels 

 may supervene on colic, or arise immediately from some other 

 cause. The symptoms are not unlike those of colic, except that 

 the pain is persistent, the animal has no remissions, but it lies down 

 more carefully, the face is more anxious and distressed-looking, the 

 body is more or less covered with perspiration, the breathing and 

 pulse are hurried, ears and legs cold, eyes anxious or dull, and the 

 belly tender on pressure. The veterinary surgeon should be at 

 once sent for, and until he arrives very hot water must be applied 

 to the belly. This is best done by fastening a large horse-blanket, 

 doubled, round the body, close to the skin, and pouring the hot 

 water on the outside of it by means of a small vessel — as a cup. A 

 pint or so of linseed or olive oil should be given, with flour gruel, 

 and opium (one or two drachms of the powder), and enemas of 

 warm water. 



Poisoning. — Animals arc poisoned cither accidentally, malici- 

 ously, or through the injudicious administration of poisonous sub- 

 stances by amateurs and empirics. Ihe majority of poisons are 

 vegetable or mineral, very few are of animal origin. 



The symptoms produced by many poisons closely resemble those 

 manifested during the existence of some diseases, and it is there- 



