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COLIC. 



Colic as a symptom of indigestion from 

 improper feeding and watering, is not an un- 

 common malady among sea-going horses. It 

 is often due, on board ship, to very trivial 

 causes, owing to the want of exercise from 

 which the patients suffer. With respect to its 

 removal, good results can generally be obtained 

 by a drench consisting of a bottle ( i % pint) of 

 linseed oil and 2 oz. of oil (spirits) of turpentine ; 

 or by a 4-drachm ball of aloes, followed, if 

 necessary for the alleviation of pain, by a 

 drench composed of a pint of water and a 

 quarter of a pint of spirits (whisky, brandy, or 

 rum) or an ounce of chlorodyne. Here, as 

 Gamgee remarked many years ago, we require 

 the removal of the cause (undigested and 

 generally fermenting food), which we can 



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