THE HORSE, ITS DISEASES. 



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Mix and give at once. Another colic drench in good repute ia the 

 following : 



iTo. 86. 



i Drachms aloes, 



1 Ounce sulphuric ether, 



1 Ounce laudanum. 



THIRD STAGE OF SPASMODIC COLIC. 



Mix, pulverize the aloes in a pint and a half of hot water ; cool, add 

 the other ingredients and give immediately. If relief is not obtained, 

 give as a second dose the following : 



No. 89. H Ounce sulphuric ether, 



^ Ounce laudanum, 

 a Ounce spirits camphor, 

 yi Ounce essence of peppermint. 



Mix in a pint of gruel and turn down. The symptoms in cattle are 

 uneasiness, shuflSing of the hind legs when standing. When /ying down 

 they will kick with the outer limbs. There will be moaning and twisting 

 of the tail. The same treatment is advised as for the horse, except that 

 one pint of linseed oil should replace the aloes. Give the doses by 

 allowing the liquid to trickle down the throat very slowly. The doses 

 should be double that of the horse. Swine should have castor oil one 

 ounce in place of the linseed oil ; and sheep three-quarters of an ounce. 

 Otherwise the doses should be about one-quarter to one-fifth those 

 ordered for the horse. 



Flatulent Colic. — ^This disease is dangerous, and is generally the result 

 of a chronic distension of the bowels, with tendency to inflammation and 

 rupture of the coats. 



It may be the result of some other disease, or appear as a consequence 

 of the spasmodic form ; or, may be produced by the same causes as 

 those assigned to the acute form. 



