334 COLIC. 



The animal should be dosed with warm thin gruel, or small 

 quantities of luke-warm water frequently given. Warm drinks 

 hasten the action of purgatives. 



CoLOCYNTHis 1. — This remedy I have found valuable in 

 numerous cases of Colic, arising from the animal having partaken 

 of grass. Use it in doses of 3 drachms of the 1st dilution, 

 mixed with 4 or 5 ounces of water. 



Should the disease be attended with Tympany, alternate 

 Colocynthis with Capsicum 1. Sometimes it is necessary to 

 administer a 6-drachm purgative ball in cases of grass Colic ere 

 relief is permanently obtained. 



Chloeoform. — The value of Chloroform, as a sedative, is 

 too well known to need any further exposition of the fact in 

 these pages. Should the disease be very acute, and obstinate 

 in its continuance, have recourse to Chloroform. Give 60 drops 

 for a dose, and administer it in 4 or 6 ounces of cold thin flour 

 gruel. 



Hot "Watee. — Hot "Water is a capital remedy in Colic; 

 and it will sometimes produce the desired eff'ect when every 

 previously tried remedy upon the case may have failed. Use it 

 in doses of a pint, at a temperature of about 110° Fahrenheit. 



An injection of Hot Water, at the above-named temperature, 

 will often prove serviceable. 



ENTERITIS. 



INFLAMMATION OP THE BOWELS. 



Enteritis is one of the most dangerous forms of disease to 

 which animals are subject ; it is a malady of common occur- 

 rence, and horses of almost every age are liable to sufier from 

 its effects. It is, perhaps, most prevalent during the existence 

 of very wet and cold weather. 



