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minutes with the addition of one ounce of tincture of aloes. 

 Rub the belly well with mustard and water ; if in half an hour 

 there is no improvement, and no symptoms of inflammation are 

 present, give of lactucarium half an ounce, of Jamaica ginger 

 half an ounce, and one pint of the best rum or gin ; shake well 

 together, and give one-third with twice the quantity of w'ater 

 every hour until relief is obtained. 



FLATULENT COLIC 

 This is an accumulation of gas in the stomach and intestines, 

 occurring more often in the spring and fall than at any other 

 season. Horses fed on corn are most sub- .^- ~ ^~ -;^&=, 

 ject to these attacks, in consequence of this '^=z ^r?fI^^^$?^S 

 kind of food ferment- 

 ing readily in the 

 stomach, more par- 

 ticularly when green. 

 If the accumulation feM 

 of gas thereby occa- 

 sioned is not arrested, =^^ 

 it soon swells the ^ 

 stomach and intes- 

 tines to such an extent as to cause the diaphragm, or walls of 

 the stomach to give way, and the death of the animal ensues. 

 The author has known cases to terminate in death in less than 

 half an hour from the observation of the first symptoms, so 

 rapid is the course of this disease. The symptoms are the same 

 in spasmodic colic, with the exception of the swelling of the 

 abdomen. The same medicines are to be used, with the addi- 

 tion of from one to two drachms of chloride of lime in each dose, 



SIR AKCHY, THE GODOLPHIN OF AMERICA. 



