5G DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



the animal dies. Treatment: Give aloes, one 

 ounce; carbonate of soda, one ounce; ground 

 ginger, one ounce; powdered nux vomica, one 

 dram. Dissolve this in half a pint of boiling 

 water, then add half a pint more of cold water, 

 and give at one dose; or give one quart of 

 raw linseed oil, ten drops of croton oil, and one 

 dram of nux vomica at a dose. If there is much 

 pain, give from one to two drams of the fluid ex- 

 tract of belladonna, in half a pint of raw linseed 

 oil, every two hours. If the physic does not op- 

 erate in fifteen or twenty-four hours, repeat the 

 dose. The action of the physic may be assisted by 

 giving injections of soap and water every half hour 

 at first, and if no action, give injections of two 

 ounces of turpentine in half a pint of oil every hour. 

 Allow the horse as much chilled water as it will 

 drink. Kneading the belly and walking exercise 

 are useful before the pain is severe; after that, 

 keep the animal as quiet as possible. If the 

 physic and „other treatment are begun early, 

 the animal usually recovers. I have made ex- 

 aminations of animals which have died from 

 impaction, and found three and four feet of the 

 colon impacted with a mass of tough, half-mas- 

 ticated grass, which no medicine could remove. 

 -( onstipation may occur in animals which are fed 

 for a long time dry, innutritious food, and a dry 

 condition of the bowels. If the case is not se- 

 vere, change of diet, such as bran mash and boiled 

 flaxseed, is all that is required, but if there is colic, 

 give from a pint to a quart of raw linseed oil, with 



