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when he is the subject of excruciating abdominal pains, and the 
aweat is pouring off him like rain, from sheer agony. The cus- 
tom is decidedly wrong. Our reasoning faculties confirm this 
opinion ; and what reason teaches, man should endeavor to put in 
practice. No practitioner of human medicine dare advise such a 
course as compelling a man to hop off a bed of sickness, and start 
cn a fast trot up and down stairs; for, should he so advise, he 
would very soon entitle himself to a ticket ot leave. Showid, 
however, the attack be slight, a little walking exercise does nu 
harm; and if the patient appears disposed to roll, it were hetter 
to let him do so—on the ground, rather than in a narrow stall. 
My usual directions are: Give the patient a wide stall and 
plenty of bedding. Let him lie down, rise, and tumble about 
just as much as he pleases, only watch and see that no accident 
happens to the animal. The colic drench used by the author, 
during the past ten years, is composed of the following : 
No. 22. Fluid extract of Jamaica ginger........ 2 02. 
Fluid extract of golden seal........... 1 oz. 
Powdered hyposulphite of soda.....-... 1 oz. 
Water niatwinecess straws Eber eees 4 oz. 
Dissolve the hyposulphite of soda in the wafer, then add the 
other ingredients to it. The dose may be repeated, if necessary, 
A good wisp of straw, vigorously applied to the belly and flanks, 
and also to the limbs, may do some good, because we thus preserve 
the equilibrium of the circulation. Enemas of soap-suds should 
be administered often, and, provided the case be a curable one, 
the horse will soon recover. 
Spasmopic Comic. 
The usual causes of spasmodic colic are, mental emotions, ex- 
ternal chilliness by exposure, cold water drank hastily, drastic 
cathartics, poisons, ete. Spasmodic colic is usually confined to the 
amall intestines, and they become cramped and contorted. In thie 
sondition the patient is much tortured. The pain occasionally 
vemits, and the patient will appear easy, but only for ashort time 
fn some cases the patient will stamp and paw almost continually, 
and strike his belly. He throws himself violently on the floor, 
and occasionally rolls on his back. ‘The abdomen is not distended, 
as in the case of flatulent colic, but is rather tucked up, and the 
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