274 FINAL SYMPTOMS OF INFLAMMATION. [BOOK II. 



manner of giving opium, in the form of a ball, is 

 recommended : — 



Sedative Balls. 



Asafoetida, 4 drachms, 

 Opium, 4 drachms. 

 Make into four balls with liquorice powder and 

 syrup, and give one every two hours. The balls 

 may be given along with the oily laxative at page 

 257 ; immediately preceding it, or before the laxa- 

 tive has operated. These balls are very service- 

 able to travellers on their journeys, and may be 

 given to horses that are liable to contract spasmodic 

 colic, which is the case with heavy, fleshy > draught 

 cattle, with post-horses and the like. 



Colic is never fatal, unless it terminate in inflam- 

 mation ; whilst it should be kept in mind, that colic 

 always ends in inflammation if not removed in time. 

 A day, or at most two, may pass away without 

 danger and without relief, in ordinary attacks of 

 spasmodic colic ; and where a looseness takes place, 

 a short time longer of neglectful carelessness might 

 not terminate the life of the animal ; but, when in- 

 flammation commences, a shaking or undulation of 

 the tail is observable, with evident shivering of the 

 whole frame. The danger is then great ; especially 

 when each fit of shivering is not succeeded by per- 

 spiration: MARK THAT. 



If the costiveness is not well removed when 

 those symptoms, with cold ears and legs, come on, 

 let the belly be fomented with warm water by 



