252 DOGS : THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



reform being given to unload the csecum. The medi- 

 cine having acted freely, the food must be amended, the 

 treatment altered, and such other measures taken as the 

 digestion may require for its restoration. 



COLIC. This is an affection to which dogs are very 

 subject. The human infant is not more liable to be griped 

 than are the young of the canine species. The idea of a 

 cur with a belly-ache may, to some persons, seem to be 

 suggestive of fun ; but to the creature that suffers, it is 

 indeed a serious business. A duchess with the spasms 

 does not endure so much, and is not in half the danger, 

 that a dog is exposed to during a fit of gripes. The ani- 

 mal must be relieved, or inflammation will speedily ensue, 

 and death will follow. In some cases, the appearance of 

 colic is almost a certain indication that the poor beast will 

 die. When it comes on a week or two prior to pupping, 

 we may cure it ; but during, or soon after parturition, the 

 bitch generally perishes. When it starts up in the later 

 or more virulent stage of distemper, especially at the time 



