WHEN THE HORSE IS SICK 111 



Bicarbonate of soda, or common saleratus — 

 a substance that every householder is pretty 

 likely to have on hand — is a corrective for acid 

 conditions and this, as the simplest remedy and 

 one that has a direct effect upon the cause of the 

 trouble, should be the first tried. Mix a half tea- 

 cupful — or, in severe cases, rather more — with a 

 pint of water, give this to the horse, and repeat 

 every fifteen minutes. In a great many cases — 

 probably more than half — this will relieve the 

 trouble and no other medicine will be needed. 



When this does not relieve, however, give a dose 

 of the following: 



One part aromatic spirits of ammonia, two 

 parts spirits of chloroform. 



Give the horse about two or three ounces of 

 this mixture in a pint of slightly-warm water and, 

 if necessary, repeat in twenty minutes and con- 

 tinue until relieved. This remedy very seldom 

 fails to effect a cure, and although I have not had 

 much trouble of this sort among my horses, I have 

 for many years kept a bottle of the mixture on 

 hand ready for emergencies. 



I should add that country horses, owing to the 

 more natural conditions under which they are 

 kept, are not only less subject to colic than city 

 horses, but generally yield more readily to treat- 

 ment. The city horse, that has been long kept up 



