COLIC AND GEIPES. Ill 



procure the assistance of a professional man ; but in the 

 interval the following drench may be given : — 



Laudamim, 1 oz. ) -kt- 



Powdered chalk, A oz. 3 



or, 



Catechu, powdered, 1 drachm. ) ■^. 

 Chalk, ^ oz. i 



or, 

 Sulphuric ether and laudanum, of each one ounce. 



Also injections of cold linseed tea. The dose may be 

 repeated in three or four hours, if medical assistance 

 does not arrive. As great care is necessary in the diet, 

 as well as general treatment, after partial recovery, 

 everything should be done under professional advice. 



An attack of dysentery is very likely to be caused by 

 the existence of some acrid matter in the intestines, or 

 by an overdose, or too constant use, of aloes. 



As with diarrhoea, horses predisposed to dysentery 

 ought always to have a lump of chalk in the manger, 

 and constant or overdoses of aloes should be avoided. . 



COLIC AND GRIPES. 



As these diseases are sudden, and require prompt 

 treatment, it is well to have some idea of the kind of 

 remedy to be employed pending the arrival of the ve- 

 terinary surgeon. Some animals are peculiarly subject 

 to them, from a susceptible state of the alimentary canal. 

 Cold water, taken on an empty stomach, or when a 

 beast is heated, will cause the malady. 



The symptoms are distress, evinced by pawing, lift- 

 ing of the fore and hind feet towards the stomach, the 

 head being turned towards the sides, with a look of 



