Colic in Horses 267 



quently stretches and strains as if in an attempt to 

 void urine. The pain usually ceases in a short time, 

 and the animal appears quiet and free from pain, but 

 in the course of a few minutes to half an hour, another 

 attack, with the same symptoms, occurs. 



Get the horse into a comfortable place where he 

 can roll without injury to himself, give an enema 

 (injection) of six to eight quarts of rather warm water, 

 containing half a teacupful of glycerine. The enema 

 should be given slowly and the horse allowed to retain 

 it as long as possible. Give the animal one ounce 

 of laudanum and half an ounce of spirits of cam- 

 phor, mixed in half a pint of warm water. Jamaica 

 ginger in two -ounce doses, or chloral hydrate in one- 

 half ounce doses, dissolved in one half -pint of warm 

 water, is very good for this trouble. Another good 

 remedy is sweet spirits of niter, in ounce doses. 

 Blankets wrung out of hot water and applied to the 

 belly relieve the pain, as also does rubbing the belly 

 vigorously. 



Medicines for spasmodic colic should be well diluted 

 Avith hot water and given as drenches. In case lau- 

 danum is given, the dose should not be repeated too 

 frequently. A tablespoonful of common baking-soda, 

 dissolved in warm water and given as a drench, is 

 excellent. 



Flatulent or "wind" colic is severe abdominal pains 

 caused by the accumulation in the stomach or intes- 

 tines of gases resulting from the fermenting of food. 



It comes on more gradually than spasmodic colic, 

 and the pain is more continuous. The pain may or 



