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 Willie the clyster is preparing, one of the 



Cholic Balls [page 13] should be given, ac- 

 cording to the directions accompanying them, and 

 which seldom fails to relieve. If th.e horse can be 

 walked about, it will be very proper to let exercise be 

 given. It has likewise been found useful in some 

 cases to make a large mash, and, after having spread 

 it on a horse cloth, by means of an assistant on each 

 side of the horse, to apply it as hot as possible to the 

 belly. When the Cholic Balls recommended are not 

 at hand, the following may be substituted: 



Ethereal spirit of turpentine, two ounces. 



Tincture of opium, two ounces. 



Castor or salad oil, a pint. 



INFLAMMATION of the BOWELS, called RED 



cnoLic. 



This, as we have said, is an inflammation of the 

 bo-.vels, and requires a very different treatment front 

 the former, being a much more serious but less fre- 

 quent complaint. It may be distinguished from simple 

 gripes by its Iiaving no cessation or intervals of ease ; 

 for though the horse may cease to make violent ef- 

 forts, from tatigue, yet he will still appear restless, ia 

 pain, and his flanks will heave. To a person ac- 

 customed to feeling a horse's pulse, this complaint 

 presents usually a great difference to that of gripes ; 

 for in this case the pulse is small and oppressed, 

 but m.uch quickened ; the ears and legs are cold ; the 

 mouth dry and parched ; and the horse, though he 

 lies down, from the excess of pain, yet he gets up 

 again generally without rolling : w hereas a horse in 

 gripes 1ias a constant inclination to roll on his back, 



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