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usually effect by means of a laxative, such as 

 aloes or linseed oil. Merely treating the pain 

 would naturally be a false application of 

 medicine. 



Giving a drench chiefly composed of linseed 

 oil is often an uncertain and disagreeable task. 

 A modern remedy for ordinary colic is eserine 

 by itself or combined with pilocarpine (i or 

 1^2 grain of the former to 2 or 3 grains of 

 the latter), dissolved in I or i^ drachm of 

 water, and injected subcutaneously or intra- 

 tracheally. Eserine, especially when combined 

 with pilocarpine, acts as a rapid and effec- 

 tive purgative (see Finlay Dun's Veterinary 

 Medicines]. An ounce of chloral hydrate 

 dissolved in water may be given as a 

 drench if a sedative be required. Chloral 

 hydrate relieves intestinal spasm ; it is an 



