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himself more recklessly about. In the space of an hour 

 or two, either the spasms begin to relax, and the remis- 

 sions are of longer duration, or the torture is augmented 

 at every paroxysm ; the intervals of ease are fewer and 

 less marked, and inflammation and death supervene. The 

 pulse is but little affected at the commencement, but it 

 soon becomes frequent and contracted, and at length is 

 scarcely tangible. 



Treatment. — Take powdered grains of paradise, 1 tea' 

 spoonful ; powdered caraway, 1-2 tea-spoonful ; oil of 

 peppermint, 20 drops ; powdered slippery elm, 1 table- 

 spoonful ; hot water, 1 pint ; mixed together and given 

 from a bottle. An injection of common soap suds thrown 

 into the rectum. Peppermint tea alone will sometimes af- 

 ford relief and a perfect cure. Saleratus is a favorite 

 remedy with many, but it should not be mixed with milk 

 or molasses, as is often done. 



If the animal labors under pyloric obstruction, the fol- 

 lowing is the preparation : — Carbonate ammonia, 1 

 drachm ; tincture of ginger, 1 ounce ; water, 1 pint. 

 Mix, and drench the horse. 



If acid or gas exists in the bowels, substitute lime 



water, and add half an ounce of tincture of gentian. 



SCOURS AND CONSTIPATION IN YOUNG COLTS. 



The principal cause of this disease is the want of prop- 

 er management of the mother. It is a law of nature that 

 whatever effects the bowels of the mother, will also ef- 

 fect the colt through the milk it derives, though more 

 seriously. For the colt must now, and, until it be able 

 to masticate food, depend altogether on the parent's milk, 

 and the latter cannot furnish it in sufficient quantities, un- 

 less kept on generous food. 



Treatment. — Our first duty is to attend to the wants 

 of the mother — establish her health if it be impaired. 



Stock raisers might learn a lesson from nurses who at- 

 tend human parturients ; they give the old-fashioned dose 



