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nutritious aliment. At first the food should be laxative in 

 nature, being made so, for instance, by having bran or cree'd 

 linseed mixed with it, or by allowing moderate quantities of roots, 

 green food, and so on. Strict cleanliness in regard to the 

 surrounding conditions, and in other points, must be enjoined. 

 The water-supply must be pure. The skin may be sponged with 

 tepid water and then well rubbed. 



It is well to cause the patients to take a certain small amount 

 of regular and gentle exercise. In the first instance it is well in 

 most cases to administer a brisk dose of cathartic medicine, such 

 as 14 to 16 ounces of sulphate of magnesium. Then stimulants 

 and tonics may be given. A draught made of bicarbonate of 

 sodium (2 ounces), of sulphur (J ounce), of ginger (Jounce), of 

 gentian (1 ounce), mixed with a pint of warm water, and given 

 twice daily, may sometimes be benefical. It is best to call in 

 the aid of skilled advice, because indigestion may proceed from 

 such a multiplicity of causes that the specialist alone can pro- 

 perly diagnose and suitably advise in accordance with the 

 conditions of the case. 



SIMPLE COLIC, FLATULENT COLIC, CONSTIPATION, 

 DIARRHCEA, AND SCOURING IN CALVES. 



Simple Colic. 



The disorder known as colic, under which appellative any 

 abdominal pain not coupled with inflammation may be referred 

 to, is very well known by all those who have to do with horses. 

 In the case of cattle and sheep, the affection is fortunately of 

 infrequent occurrence. For instance, a veterinary surgeon may 

 be in practice for many years, and only be called to several well- 

 marked cases of colic in the ox. In writing, we are reminded of 

 two, one of which recovered, the other being of a very serious 

 type indeed. As a matter of fact, if any beast seems to be going 

 the wrong way, it is a very general, and perhaps in many cases 

 wise, custom to nip matters in the bud, and so avoid the possi- 

 bility of the loss occasioned by a fatal issue. 



As our readers are aware, pains in the bowels are not unusually 

 symptoms of various diseases which are by no means limited to the 

 digestive canal. This observation, in fact, applies to all the dis- 

 eases about to be considered in this article ; in short, in many 



