176 DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



it will be found invaluable. If the horse is not relieved 

 in thirty to forty minutes, I repeat the dose, always with 

 success. This form of colic is often fatal in two to three 

 hours. I always keep for immediate use a dose or two of 

 this medicine. 



FLATULENT COLIC, (TYMPANITES.) ^ 



Symptoms same as spasmodic colic, with the difference 

 of there being so great an accumulation of gas in the 

 stomach and intestines that the belly is swelled. This dis- 

 ease will often prove fatal in from one to three hours. It is 

 generally very sudden 

 in its attack, often oc- 

 curring while the ani- 

 mal is at work, particu- 

 larly during warm 

 weather or changeable 

 weather from cold to 

 heat; but is generally 

 caused by indigestion, 

 producing gases in the 



bowels Or Stomach.* First Stage of Flatulent Colic. 



If to terminate fatally 



it will become weaker and slower until it is almost imper- 

 ceptible. If the animal is allowed to fall down suddenly 

 while pressure of the gas upon the walls of the stomach is 

 very great, there is probability of rupturing of the dia- 

 phragm, which would cause almost instant death from 

 suffocation. 



Treatment. In the first place do not commit the error of 

 bleeding for this form of colic, as it would be almost sure 

 death. Second, keep up evaporation of the body as much 

 as possible by sweating with blankets. What would be still 

 better, if available, would be a hot bath. If you have any 

 of the remedy comprising ether, ammonia, asafcetida, etc., 



*NOTE. There are two locations for this disease, but in either it requires the 

 game treatment, as it is generally produced by the same causes the stomach, colon 

 and ccecum. When in the stomach it will be distinguished by eructations or belch- 

 ings of gas through the esophagus or gullet. If from the co3cum or colon, the 

 horse is violently swollen along the belly, flanks and sides generally. Pulse is 

 rarely disturbed until the disease advances, when it will becuine quickened, rua- 

 sing to its height quickly, and receding as rapidly, if fatal. 



