12 SPASMODIC COLIC. 



SPASMODIC COLIC. 



This is a disease to whicli horses generally are 

 suhject, and in consequence of improper treat- 

 inentj it often proves fatal. It is produced by 

 improper riding, feeding, watering, and may 

 arise from a want of proper action in the bowels, 

 which occasions constriction of the intestines 

 and a confinement of the air. 



SYMPTOMS. 



The horse begins to shift his position, looks 

 around at his flanks, paws violently, strikes his 

 belly with his feet, and crouches in a peculiar 

 manner, advancing his hind legs under him, he 

 then suddenly lies or rather falls down, and 

 balances himself on his back with his feet rest- 

 ing on his belly. The pain seems to have ceased 

 for a while, and he gets up and shakes himself ; 

 he begins to feed, but in a short time the pain 

 returns, and is more violent than before; he 

 heaves at the flanks, breaks out in a profused 



