The Ailments of Horses. 17 



squeezing the windpipe and blood-vessels. 

 The traces should be attached half way 

 up the collar. 



As a lotion for collar-galls, the following 

 will be found beneficial:- — 



5t. — Subacetate of lead 1 ounce. 



Powdered boracic acid ... 2 drachms. 



Oxide of zinc 2 drachms. 



Water 1 quart. 



Mix, and apph' several times daily. 



Colic, gripes, or belly-ache.— This is, 

 perhaps, the commonest complaint from 

 which the horse suffers. 



Although a horse with simple belly-ache 

 may seem in a serious condition to the 

 layman, it is an affection which readily 

 yields to proper management, provided it 

 is " colic," not inflammation. The reader 

 must understand that a simple attack of 

 belly-ache implies severe pain in the 

 horse, owing to the large size and extent 

 of the bowels. Such pain is due to 

 spasmodic contraction of the wall of the 

 bowel at some pai-ticular part of its length. 

 The writer's opinion is that an ordinary 

 attack of belly-ache never runs on to 

 inflammation. There is nothing to show 

 that such has ever happened. 



The pain of belly-ache may continue 

 for several days, and then subside. No 

 one would induce us to believe that there 

 had been the slightest touch of inflam- 

 matory activity present. 



We have never had the pleasure of 

 seeing a horse recover from inflammation 

 of the bowels. 



The only danger attachable to belly- 



