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Caraway Seeds. 



The most valuable remedy, and one which we invariably re- 

 sort to for the correction of flatulency, or for the expulsion of 

 wind from the stomach and bowels, is the above. As a carmi- 

 native, caraways stand unrivalled; they also possess antispas- 

 modic properties, to which, in the treatment of spasmodic colic, 

 their efficiency has justly been ascribed. If they were brought 

 into general use, to the exclusion of turpentine, gin and molasses, 

 saleratus, &c, &c, so extensively used in this city, we should 

 not hear of so many cases terminating fatally. Scarcely a week 

 passes but we hear of valuable horses dying from diseases su- 

 pervening on maltreated colic. In a recent case of spasmodic 

 colic that came under our observation, the subject, a stud, valued 

 at $175, was drenched with half a pint of vinegar and two 

 ounces of saleratus ! The death of so valuable an animal has 

 probably taught its owner a lesson not to be forgotten. If a 

 man should be suddenly attacked with colic, would he be so in- 

 sane as to swill down medicines which his own common sense 

 would seem to teach are opposed to the cure? Would he not 

 rather try a little peppermint water, ginger tea, or caraway ? 

 And if so, why not give the same to his horse, when similarly 

 afflicted ? The diseases of the latter require the same sanative 

 treatment for their cure. 



There is not a more effectual or innocent agent in the whole 

 materia medica, for the treatment of colic, than caraways. And 

 this our opinion is confirmed by that of various eminent veteri- 

 nary practitioners. The only objection to their use is, that they 

 are innocent — simple. " The horse wants something power- 

 ful;" he often gets it too; the remedy lessens not the disease, 

 for that is only aggravated — augmented ; the vital flame, the 

 living principle, goes out, and the animal dies a victim to our 

 misguided notions. 



Caraways should be powdered and given in warm water, in 

 doses of half a table-spoonful, and repeated as occasion may re- 

 quire. Horses which, in consequence of deranged digestive 

 organs, are the frequent subjects of colic, may be benefited by a 

 weekly dose of the article in their food. 

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