114 THE FAMILY HOESE. 



Flatulent Colic is not as violent or rapid in its course as the 

 preceding. It is generally caused by gorging with green food. The 

 horse paws the ground or its stall, hangs its head and has a dull, 

 sleepy aspect. Then there is a visible distention of the belly and 

 great uneasiness. The symptoms may continue several days before 

 recovery or death. The treatment should be of a character to 

 move the bowels and relieve them of the pressure. Mix two ounces 

 of aromatic spirits of ammonia in half a pint of linseed oil, and 

 administer as a drench. The lower bowels are impacted and must 

 be relieved by back-raking. Tlie hand, well oiled, is carefully intro- 

 duced up the rectum, and its contents withdrawn. Then an injec- 

 tion is given of warm water and castile soap. If the animal is not 

 relieved, take one ounce hyposulphite of soda, one ounce pulverized 

 charcoal, dissolve and mix in one pint of water, and horn it down 

 the animal's throat. If the case is a protracted one, this may be 

 alternated after an interval of a few hours with a dose consisting of 

 one-fourth ounce chloride of lime in half a pint of linseed oil. We 

 do not recommend any attempt to puncture the bowels with a view 

 of liberating the gas. If performed successfully, it must be done by 

 a skilled operator. 



Inflammation of the Bowels is often the sequel of colic. It 

 is also caused by sudden chills, external violence, etc. The symp- 

 toms are described above. As the disease develops, however, there 

 are signs which clearly distinguish one from the other, for in inflam- 

 mation of the bowels there is no cessation from violent pain, and 

 the pulse is increasingly full, firm and rapid ; no appetite ; labored 

 breathing, distressed and anxious countenance, pawing, lying down 

 and rising, etc. The treatment consists of mild laxatives with 

 anodynes in infusion of slippery elm bark, with external fomenta- 

 tions. Don't bleed. Dr. Geo. H. Dadd, after citing the recom- 

 mendations of copious bleeding, remarks : ' ' Let the reader omit the 

 blood-letting, and have recourse, if the nature of the case requires it, 

 to a drench and injection, together with such other restorative 

 means as we shall recommend, and there will be no need of abstract- 

 ing blood." " The indications of cure in inflammation of the bowels 

 is to equalize the circulation and remove irritation and obstructions 

 to vital action," "Purgatives cannot always be given with safety 

 in inflammation of the bowels, because they might tend to augment 

 the previous irritability of the alimentary canal. A dose of cathar- 

 tic medicine may, however, be mixed with lubricants, for example, 

 slippery elm, mucilage of gum arable, or olive oil, so as to defend 

 the sensitive parts, and at the same time not deprive the medicine of 

 its cathartic properties." The following remedies are recommended, 



