42 The Ailments of Horses. 



staggers." This is acute indigestion. 

 Its causes are dietetic. 



Symptoms. — Pain in the belly (colic), 

 indicated by restlessness, or rolling and 

 rising. The pain is not continuous. It 

 often happens that the horse has a 

 staggering gait (hence the name), and 

 seems sleepy (sleepy staggers), perhaps 

 pressing his head against the wall. 



The pulse under these circumstances 

 is " slow." 



Sometimes the pain continues in this 

 way for two or three days, but the body 

 never becomes covered with cold sweats 

 (unless it is going to terminate fatally) ; 

 the face does not assume the anxious ex- 

 pression seen in inflammation of the 

 bowels, neither does the pulse take on a 

 settled " wiry " feel. 



Treatment. — Give a purgative, in 

 order to rid the alimentary canal of 

 irritating material. The following w^ill 

 answer : — 



Mix, and give the whole straight away. 



Some people believe in blood-letting, 

 provided the horse is a suitable subject. 



Three or four quarts can be withdrawn. 



Allow plenty of warm water to drink. 



INIustard can be applied, as a paste, to 

 the belly, but wash it off in a quarter of 

 an hour. The pain and other evil symp- 



