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camphor, in a pint of water. If this has to be repeated, 

 add one ounce of sulphuric ether. Bleeding may be 

 necessary to prevent inflammation, when the state of the 

 pulse will warrant it. 



THE RED COLIC (eNTERITIs). 



The characteristics of this disease are similar to that 

 of derangement of the stomach and bowels, in its more 

 advanced stages. Its appearance is manifested by a 

 more gradual approach, and lingering disease, than that 

 of spasmodic colic, which may be present after this has 

 disappeared; the horse may be drooping for several 

 days, and much inclined to lie down, refusing his food, 

 only at intervals, looking towards his flanks as express- 

 ive of the seat of pain, &c. These symptoms are much 

 the same as when he is laboring under the effects of a 

 slow poison. It is very difficult sometimes to distinguish 

 between this colic and inflammation of the bowels; the 

 pulse must be resorted to for this purpose. This, like 

 the former, is often accompanied with contractions of 

 the sphincters of the bladder and rectum; and in either 

 case diuretics should not be given, as they will prove in- 

 jurious. At times daring the paroxysms, as in the 

 above, a few drops only of urine may be voided, show- 

 ing the spasmodic action of the bladder; generally stal- 

 ing may be considered a favorable symptom, for it shows 

 the urinary organs to be relaxed. Scouring is often a 

 forerunner of this disease, though the reverse of this is 

 sometimes the case. 



Cure. — Treat in the first place as in spasmodic colic, 

 and if he should scour afterwards, you may give him a 



