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THE VETERINARY SCIENCE 
The favorite remedy for colic is: 
Sweet Spirits of Nitre ...1 ounce or 4 dessertspoonfuls. 
Laudanum 1 ounce or 4 dessertspoonfuls. 
Ginger 1 dessertspoonful. • 
Bicarbonate Soda .^..1 dessertspoonful. 
Mix in a pint of lukewarm water and give as a drench. 
Another good remedy is: 
Raw Linseed Oil 1 pint. 
Spirits of Turpentine 1 ounce or 4 dessertspoonfuls. 
Mix and give as a drench. 
Here is another: 
Fleming's Tincture of Aconite 10 drops. 
Whisky 1 wineglassful. 
Mix in a pint of lukewarm water and give as a drench, 
In cases of this kind it is best to have some person stay with 
the animal for fear he gets cast on his back or hurts himself. 
In severe cases the belly should be well hand rubbed, and 
cloths wrung out of hot water should be applied to the belly. 
You may get good results by applying a mustard plaster 
over the bowels. Any of the above drenches, except the oil 
and turpentine, may be given every hour until the animal 
gets relief. As soon as the pain ceases give a dose of physic 
consisting of : 
Bitter Aloes 8 drams. 
Ginger 1 dessertspoonful. 
Bicarbonate Soda 1 dessertspoonful. 
Mix in a pint of lukewarm water and give as a drench. 
This will cure the irritation and work off the cause of the 
trouble. 
In each of the drenches mentioned it is well to use the 
ginger and bicarbonate of soda. 
7. Wind or Flatulent Colic. 
This and acute indigestion are much the same. The 
stomach is generally affected in this disease as well as in 
indigestion. 
Causes. — Because of some derangement of the digestive 
organs the food forms gas which fills the bowels and causes 
extreme pain. In the majority of cases it is caused by a 
change of some kind in the food. Aged horses are more fre- 
quently affected. 
