HORSES. 67 



Treatment. — Rub in the Elliman's from the throat to the 



breast all the way down the windpipe, and again behind the 



elbows along the ribs. If professional aid cannot be summoned, 



the following medicine may be tried, a dose being given every 



four hours. 



Paregoric Elixir ----- i ounce. 



Sweet Spirit of Nitre - - - - i ounce. 



Glycerine ------ 2 ounces. 



Linseed oil ------ 4 ounces ; mix for 



one draught. 



This will be found a good remedy in any of the diseases of the 



chest, but we always advise calling in the services of a veterinary 



surgeon in all serious cases, and in giving advice upon others we 



do not in any way seek to supplant professional skill. 



PLEURISY. 



Cause. — Exposure, sudden changes, as from the warm stable 

 to standing at a draughty street corner. Farmer's horses get it 

 while standing after sweating at ploughing (while the men 

 go under shelter to dinner). 



Shivering, grunting with pain on being turned round, rapid 

 breathing, and a dry hacking cough are the common symptoms. 



Treatment. — The outside of the pleura being near the chest 

 wall is the part most often affected, and Elliman's promptly 

 applied is almost a specific. It draws out the inflammation 

 before it has time to form bands of lymph, which afterwards 

 have the effect of fixing the membrane to the sides of the 

 chest for life. A veterinary surgeon should be called in. 



COLIC AND INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS* 



Colic, gripes, or fret, as the disease is variously called in 

 different districts, is caused by- indigestion, unsuitable food, 

 exhaustion, and drinking cold water on a full stomach, and, 

 occasionally, on an empty one. It is also hereditary. 



There are two sorts of colic, one known as spasmodic and the 

 other distinguished as flatulent. In the former the bowel is 

 constricted at places, and great pain is the result. It is a spasm 

 of the muscular layer of the gut. Flatulent colic is slower, as a 

 rale, in coming on. With the increase of gas in the bowels the 



