SPASMODIC COLIC. 321 



Venice turpentine and meal to make a moderate sized ball; 

 which, however, requires at the time of its administration, 

 to have been fresh made up, or, at all events, to be soft and 

 readily soluble. 



My own Practice has, since the year 1824, consisted in 

 the combination, in all save trifling cases, with the antispas- 

 modic, of a full dose of cathartic medicine ; under the im- 

 pression that, by so doing, I did not certainly detract from 

 the power of the former in relieving spasm ; while, should 

 the case hold out long enough, I had employed a powerful 

 auxiliary under whose operation all spasm, and flatulent and 

 fecal obstruction, would be likely to succumb. 



A case of pure ordinary colic may be relieved in a 

 variety of common-practice ways, such as walking or trotting 

 the horse about, administering to him a common clyster, or 

 giving him any common stimulant, either alone or with some 

 sedative and more potent antispasmodic. In this manner, 

 or even when nothing whatever is done, ordinary or true 

 " gripes^^ occasionally passes off spontaneously ; should the 

 symptoms, however, not in this way die away of their own 

 accord, or should relapse take place, it becomes both duty 

 and policy to give the case every attention. The first step 

 to be taken, is to give the horse this drench : 



R Decoct. Aloes C, Jiv;' 

 Tinct. Opii, x^V] ; 

 Sp. ^ther. Sulphuric, ^iv; 

 Aquae Tepid., 5viij. M. ft. haust. 

 Let this drink be followed, if it have not been given before, by a clyster. 



A sufficient interval ought to be allowed for this dose to 

 afford relief — say a quarter or half an hour, in which time, 



* The decoction is made as follows : — 



R Aloes Barbad, Pulv., jiiss ; 

 Potassae Bicarbonat,, Jij ; 

 Acaciae, 5ij ; 

 Aquae Bullient., Oj. Solve et misce s. a. 



Should this be required to keep, two ounces or more of some spirit must be 

 added. 



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