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will draw his four feet together, lay himself down, stretch 

 out his feet and head, throw his head back, and often put 

 his nose to his chest ; after standing a little, he will lie 

 down again as before. When the colic is easier, he will lie 

 for an hour or more together, with his feet stretched out 

 and his head thrown back, or with his nose upon his ribs. 

 This is caused by bad feed, or bad water, or both : some- 

 times by drinking hard water Avhen hot, or by a change from 

 soft grit water to limestone or iron water, or by the break 

 of a storm. I have had five or six horses under my care in 

 this disorder in one day, at the break of a frost, by drinking 

 ice or snow water. Sour grains, sour grass, dry meal, dust, 

 bad hay, and many other things cause this disorder. Give 

 the following, which is almost a certain cure in two hours • 



1 oiuice of Spirits of Sweet Nitre. 

 1 ounce of Spirits of Nitre 

 1 ounce of Tincture of Opium. 

 1 ounce of Sweet Oil. 



All to be given together in a gill of warm ale. Bed the 

 horse well down, and leave him that he may get a little 

 sleep, after which he will get up and feed. This is one of the 

 best medicines that has yet been found out. It has saved 

 hundreds of hoi-ses, and will save hundreds more if rightly 

 applied. 



The Bilious or Inflammatory Colic. 



Symptoms. — This kind of Colic, besides most of the symp 

 toms of the former, is attended with a fever, great heat, pant 

 ing, and dryness of the mouth. The horse also generally 

 parts Avith a little loose dung, and a little scalding-hot water ; 

 which, when it appears blackish, or reddish, indicates an ap- 

 proaching mortification. 



Take 3 ounces of Senna. 



1 ounce of Salt of Tartar. Infuse fhcm in a quart of boiling 



water an hour — strain, and add 



2 ounces of Lenitive Electuaiy. 



4 ounces of Glauber's Salt. Mix when hot. 



If the disorder be not removed by the above medicine, 

 but, on the contrary, the fever and inflammation continue to 

 increase, attended with a discharge of fle.sh-colored matter, 

 the event -will probably be fatal ; and the only medicine 

 likely to prevent it, is a strong decoction of Jesuit's bark, a 

 pint of which may be given every three hours, mixed with a 

 gill of red port wine ; or you may give one ounce of the 

 powder of bark with the wine. Or, if these can not be got 

 easily, give four ounces of tincture of rhubarb in three gills 



