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 pain, though violent, is fixed and constant, not having 

 intervals of ease ; when he rolls, if he does not usually 

 turn on his back ; the pulse likewise, and the beating 

 of the heart, not being easily felt, but very obscure ; 

 and the legs and ears cold, with a frequent painful 

 staling of a red coloured urine, and appearance of 

 fever, accompanied with costiveness ; — when these ap- 

 pearances take place, the horse may be said to have 

 red cholic, or inflammation of the bowels. 



The distinguishing marks, therefore, between gripes 

 and red cholic are, that gripes usually attack very 

 suddenly, but red cliolic more slowly. Gripes usually 

 present some intervals of ease ; but in red cholic the 

 pain is fixed and constant : and though, in both these 

 cholics, tlie horse may lie down and roll, and then 

 rise again, yet, in gripes, he commonly has a dispo- 

 sition to turn on his back. In gripes, likewise, the 

 beating of the heart and pulse, though it may be a 

 little quickened, is yet as evident as usual ; but in red 

 cholic it is small and obscure. In gripes there are sel- 

 dom any marks of fever, and the legs and ears remain 

 warm ; but in red cholic the mouth is hot and dry, 

 and the legs and cars are usually cold. 



Tlie cure of gripes should be began, if very vio- 

 lent, by bleeding ; after which the horse should be 

 raked [see Raking], and a very large clyster of 

 w^rni water throv/u up ; or, what may be preferable, 

 the following : 



A large onion bruised. 



Oil of turpentine, two ounces. 



Gruel, tripe liquor, or broth warmed, three 

 quarts: mix and hiject as a clyster. 



