RECEIPT BOOK 105 



also, as are kept upon dry food are often attacked 

 by it. When colic takes place, independent ■of 

 costiveness, it is generally occasioned by feeding 

 greedily upon fresh succulent grass, or by drink- 

 ing cold water when heated by exercise, and 

 comes on rather suddenly; but when it is caused 

 by costiveness, the attack is generally more gradu- 

 al. 



The symptoms are at first, an appearance of 

 restlessness in the animal, often lying down, 

 groaning, or striking against the belly with the 

 hind feet or horns. The body is often swollen, 

 which is most observable on the left side. The 

 pulse is generally in its natural state. If proper 

 remedies are not administered, the pain becomes 

 more violent, and at length inflamation takes place, 

 which ii5 indicated by the pulse becoming very 

 quick, and the ears, horns and feet cold; when 

 this happens the disorder most commonly termi- 

 nates in death. When the colic appears to arise 

 from costiveness, purging medicines are of course 

 the essential remedy; but they should be combined 

 with aromatics, or stimulants, as in the following 

 prescription; and if the animal is in good condition, 

 or the inner surface of the eyelid is unusually red, 

 it should be bled freely; but if the complaint is at- 

 tended with looseness, or the bowels are in their 

 natural lax state, particularly if the animal appears 

 rather weak, and the inner surface of the evelid 

 pale, the following carminative drink should be giv- 

 en, and no blood taken away. When the purging 

 drink is found necessary its operation may be pro- 

 moted by clysters. It may not be unnecessary to 

 observe that when the colic is caused by feeding 

 greedily on grains, or any other kind of food, the 



