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The dirtinguifhing marks between gripes and red 

 cholic are, that gripes ufually attaclis very fud- 

 denly, but red cholic more llowly. Gripes ufually 

 prefents fome intervals of eafc ; but in red cholic 

 the pain is fixed and conftant: and though, in both 

 thefe cholics, the horfe may lie down and roll, and 

 then rife again, yet, in gripes, he commonly has a 

 difpofition to turn on his back. In gripes, likewife, 

 the beating of the heart and pulfe, though it may 

 be a little quickened, is yet as evident as ufual; but 

 in red cholic it is fmall and obfcure. In gripes there 

 are feldom any marks of fever, and the legs and ears 

 remain warm ; but in red cholic the mouth is hot and 

 dry, and the legs and ears are ufually cold. 



The Care of Gripes fhould be began, if very vio- 

 lent, by bleeding the horfe, which is always fafe ; 

 frequently of great advantage. Next to this, unlefs 

 the horfe's body is evidently open, he fliould be 

 raked [fee the article Rakixg], and a very large 

 clyfter of warm water thrown up. Various internal 

 medicines are given by different practitioners ; gin 

 and pepper is a common mixture: a more proper 

 one would be gin and oil of turpentine, a quarter of 

 a pint of each, with, one ounce of laudanum. But 

 the beft and moft ready means I have found are 



the 



Cholic Balls [page 19]. One of them given ac- 

 cording to the diredions accompanjing them, fcl- 



