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not be removed by medicine, because they are not in 

 that part of the stomach to which medicine is usually 

 conveyed ; and, last of ail, in due course of time, they 

 detach themselves, and come away. 



SPASMODIC COLTC. 



The attack of colic is usually very sudden. The 

 horse bes^ins to shift his posture, look round at his flanks, 

 paw violently, strike his belly with his feet, and crouch 

 in a peculiar manner, advancing his hind limbs under 

 him ; he will then suddenly lie, or rather fall down, and 

 baljyace himself upon his back, with his feet resting on 

 his Belly. In the space of an hour or two, either the 

 spasms begin to relax, and the remissions are of longer 

 duration, or the torture is augmented at every paroxysm ; 

 the intervals of ease are fewer and less marked, and in- 

 flammation and death supervene. 



Among the causes of colic are, the drinking of cold 

 water when the horse is heated. 



Remedy. — Turpentine is one of the most powerful 

 remedies^, especially in union with opium, and in* good 

 warm ale. 



If relief is not obtained in half an hour, it will be pru- 

 dent to bleed, for the continuance of violent spasm may 

 produce inflammation. 



The belly should be well rubbed with a brush or warm 

 cloth. The horse should be walked about, or trotted 

 moderately. 



Clysters of warm water, or containing a sohrion of 

 aloes, should be injected. 



HERNIA, OR RUPTURE. 



A portion of the intestine protrudes out of the cavity 

 of the belly, either through some natural or ailificial 

 opening. In some cases it may be returned, but, from 

 the impossibility of applying a truss or bandage, it soon 

 escapes again. At other times, the opening is so nar- 



