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is frequently negledecl not only by indifferent per- 

 fons, but by the generality of farriers ; and hence 

 cholic becomes a very fatal difeafe, and kills many 

 hundred horfes every year. 



The two cholics I hint at are, firll, that which 

 forms our prefent fubje6i-, and which is known to 

 farriers and grooms by the names of Gripes and Fret, 

 appearing to confift of a fpafmodic affefiion or con- 

 ftridion of the inteflines from the application of 

 fome morbid matter or caufe, producing, by its irri- 

 tating quality, thofc convulfive and painful twiftings we 

 have reafon to believe take place in them. The other 

 fpecies of cholic is that which is known to farriers by 

 the term Red Cholic, either from the high coloured 

 urine made in it, or from the dark red appearance it 

 gives the inteftines. Red Cholic confifts in a greater 

 determination of blood to the inteftines, which con- 

 flitute their inflammation: hence red cholic is what 

 veterinarians call inflammation of the bowels. 



The Gripes, or Spafmodic Cholic, may be occa- 

 fioned by air diftending the bowels ; being let loofe 

 from green food, particularly when unripe, or in a 

 ■ flate of fermentation, as is the cafe with green food 

 when it has been cut fome time. This fpecies of 

 cholic is frequent where horfes are foiled, unlefs 

 great care is taken. 



Too large a quantity of food may occafion it: 

 thus horfes newly turned to grafs, particularly into 



