268 The Diseases of Animals 
quently stretches and strains as if in an attempt to 
void urine. The pain usually ceases in a short time, 
and the animal appears quiet and free from pain, but 
in the course of a few minutes to half an hour, another 
attack, with the same symptoms, occurs. 
Get the horse into a comfortable place where he 
can roll without injury to himself, give an enema 
(injection) of six to eight quarts of rather warm water, 
containing half a teacupful of glycerine. The enema 
should be given slowly and the horse allowed to retain 
it as long as possible. Give the animal one ounce 
of laudanum and half an ounce of spirits of cam- 
phor, mixed in half a pint of warm water. Jamaica 
ginger in two-ounce doses, or chloral hydrate in one- 
half ounce doses, dissolved in one half-pint of warm 
water, is very good for this trouble. Another good 
remedy is sweet spirits of niter, in ounce doses. 
Blankets wrung out of hot water and applied to the 
belly relieve the pain, as also does rubbing the belly 
vigorously. 
Medicines for spasmodic colic should be well diluted 
with hot water and given as drenches. In ease lau- 
danum is given, the dose should not be repeated too 
frequently. A tablespoonful of common baking-soda, 
dissolved in warm water and given as a drench, is 
excellent. 
Flatulent or “wind” colic is severe abdominal pains 
caused by the accumulation in the stomach or intes- 
tines of gases resulting from the fermenting of food. 
It comes on more gradually than spasmodie colic, 
and the pain is more continuous. The pain may or 
