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DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



symptoms become 

 more severe, the ani- 

 mal at times throwing 

 himself down with 

 force, regardless of 

 consequences, looks 

 anxiously at the sides, 

 sometimes snapping 

 with the teeth at the 

 sides, looking anxious- 

 ly at the belly, and 

 striking upward with 

 the hind feet, showing 

 First stage of Spasmodic Colic. almost the same symp- 



toms as in inflammation of the bowels. There are, 

 however, strongly marked characteristics peculiar to each. 

 The better to point them out, I will tabulate them, by which 

 the difference and peculiarities of each can be easily deter- 

 mined. 



COLIC. 

 Sudden in its attacks. 



Pulse, in the early stage of the 

 disease, not much quickened or 

 altered in its character. 



Legs and ears of a natural tem- 

 perature. 



Rubbing the belly gives relief. 



Relief obtained from motion. 

 Intervals of rest. 

 Strength scarcely affected. 



INFLAMMATION OF BOWELS. 



Gradual in its approach, with 

 previous indications of fever. 



Pulse much quickened, small, 

 and often scarcely to be felt. 



Legs and ears cold. 



Belly very tender and 

 to the touch. 



Motion increases pain. 



Constant pain. 



Rapid and great weakness. 



painful 



This disease being wholly of a spasmodic nature, it must 

 be counteracted by antispasmodic treatment ; and laudanum 

 being the most powerful and reliable antispasmodic it is 

 here indicated. 



Treatment. Give from two to three ounces of laudanum 

 and a pint of raw linseed oil. If not better in an hour, 

 give two ounces of laudanum and the same quantity of oil. 



If there is not relief in a reasonable time after the second 

 dose is given, take from six to twelve quarts of blood from 

 the neck vein, according to the size of the horse and the 



