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DISEASES AND THEIE TEE ATM EN T. 



passes off, and he gets up, shakes himself, and begins feeding ; dur- 

 ing the interval the pulse is unaltered ; the legs and ears are natural 

 in temperature. After an interval of longer or shorter duration, 



FIG. 



Second stage of Spasmodic Colic. 



the attack returns, pernaps with increased violence, when he gathers 

 himself, falls down and rolls about as before, 

 vances, the symptoms become more severe. 



As the disease ad- 



FIG. 781. Third stage of Spasmodic Colic. 



Youatt, in his description of colic, contrasts its symptoms with 

 those of inflammation of the bowels, and though not exactly ac- 

 cording to modern authorities, it will materially aid the reader in 

 determining the difference ; so I include it, I would also refer the 



