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spasmodic colic. 



This differs somewhat from the former, in being an 

 affection of the muscular coating of the intestines or 

 bowels, characterized by acute pain, with occasional 

 intermissions, with spasmodic contractions of the tissue 

 of the bowels, and of the sphincters of the bladder and 

 rectum. The predisposing cause of this kind of coltc, 

 as well as in dry or red colic, as it is called, may be the 

 impairment of the digestive organs, caused by an im- 

 proper or irregular diet, such as eating greedily of new 

 o-rain, Indian corn, &c.; but the exciting cause is gene- 

 rally the drinking largely of cold water, when heated, 

 or exposure to wet or cold; or anything that will depress 

 the vital energy of the intestines, either directly or by 

 sympathy. 



Symptoms. — Violent attacks and great agony; at the 

 intervals of ease he stands up and eats his food; the 

 pulse not much altered at the onset; the extremities not 

 necessarily cold as in inflammation of the bowels. This 

 disease is either to be combated by giving stimulants to 

 restore or excite the natural action of the stomach and 

 bowels, or to allay the spasms by anodynes or anti-spas- 

 modics. 



Cure, — Take one ounce of spirits of turpentine — beat 

 two or three yolks of hen's eggs with it, then add half 

 an ounce of peppermint essence and a spoonfull of cay- 

 enne; give it to the horse in a pint of water. If the 

 spasms return, wait a reasonable time; and if they con- 

 tinue, give a dose of the following — say two ounces of 

 each: tincture of opium (paregoric) and spirits of 



