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case the animal is dull and stupid, the pulse is slow, and the 

 breathing oppressed ; he is stifif, and inflammation of the 

 feet, or acute founder, is apt to set in. If he have access to 

 water, it speedily sets up fermentation, gas being rapidly 

 evolved; the stomach is greatly distended, the belly swollen, 

 colicky pains set in, he rolls about in great agony, looking 

 wistfully to his flank, kicking his belly with his feet ; he 

 tosses about in despair, the bowels being unmoved. He 

 gets up and down frequently, the sweat rolls oflT him in 

 streams, and in many cases death puts an end to his suffering 

 in from four to six or eight hours, caused by rupture of the 

 stomach or bowels, or violent inflammation of the intestines. 



Treatment. — It is more easily prevented than cured, by 

 simply attending to the following rules : — Never let a horse 

 get toohungry. Never give him too much at a time. Never 

 put him to work on a full stomach ; and never let him drink 

 too freely after eating, and we will seldom see this fatal 

 disease. 



Treatment to be efiectual, must be prompt. The follow- 

 ing drench will be found useful : — 



Aloes Barbd., ... 8 drachms. 



Liquor ammonia, ... 1 ounce, (fluid.) 



Or spirits of turpentine, . . 2 „ „ 



The aloes dissolved with a little carbonate of soda, in nearly 

 a quart of warm water, and the other added. 



Kub the belly well, and apply cloths rung out of boiling 

 water diligently to it. Give copious injections of soap and 

 water ; or a mild infusion of tobacco, or tobacco-smoke. If 

 no relief is given in one or two hours, give at intervals of 

 an hour : — 



Carbonate of ammonia, . . 2 drachms, 



Ginger, (powdered,) . . . ^ ounce, 



