10 FLATULENT OR WIND COLIC. 



It is in one of tlie large intestines, and the belly 

 swells all round, but mostly on the right flanks 

 and as the disease progresses the pain becomes 

 more intense, and the horse more violent. The 

 treatment is quite different from other colics. 



Eemedy No. 1. 



Take 1 ounce of the chlorate of lime and ^ 

 pint of- warm water, put it into a bottle and 

 shake well, so as to dissolve, then give it as a 

 drench which will devour the gas, and cause the 

 swelling to subside. If in fifteen minutes after 

 this has been given, the pain does not seem to 

 have been alleviated, take 4 ounces of spirits of 

 Pimento, and 1 ounce of Laudanum, mix it with 

 J pint of warm water and give it also as a 

 drench. If you have no pimento and it is not 

 convenient to get it, take 2J ounces of pepper- 

 mint, and 1 ounce of laudanum, and should you 

 not have laudanum, take a hirger quantity of 

 peppermint with ^ pint of warm water, and 

 give it as a drench. In this disease no time 

 should be lost, as it very often runs its course in 

 from 1 to 2 hours. If the first should not give 



