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DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



cannot stop the bleeding, touch the artery with a hot iron, or 

 hold a sponge filled with cold water between the ears. An 

 ordinary styptic will not do. Always bleed from the neck 

 vein, (directions for which are given under that head,) 

 which is one of the simplest and safest of operations. 



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.* 



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 



First Stage of Flatulent Colic. 



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

 rarely disturbed until the disease advances, when it will become quickened, run- 

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



