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then with the other. He turns the head round to the side, 
cringes and lies down. There is not a minute's case as in 
coHc. He soon gets up, walks round and looks at his side. 
If the pulse be taken at this stage of the disease, it will be 
found to be about 45 beats per minute, full and bounding. 
His legs and ears are hotter than they are when well. He 
passes slimy looking manure in small quantities. The pain 
continues to increase and the symptoms become more notice- 
able. He is not easy for a moment. The pulse runs up to 
about 75, but still remains full and bounding, not variable as 
in colic. It still increases as the disease advances. He sweats 
■freely, and the lining of the eyes becomes very much red- 
dened and angry looking. His legs and ears are first hot, 
and then cold, while the pain continues to become .more 
severe. At this stage the ears begin to lop over and there is 
a very haggard look on the face, indicating extreme agony. 
In a few hours he becomes a pitying sight to see. If you 
sound his bowels at this stage, the slightest movement can 
not be heard — merely a jerking and trembling all through 
the insides. He begins to breathe heavy, and his ears and 
legs feel cold and clammy. The symptoms as outlined con- 
tinue, and should he make water, it will be red and bloody 
looking. If there be any passage from the bowels, it will be 
mostly slime. In eight or ten hours, if the disease be not 
checked, mortification will set in, and the patient becomes 
quiet and easy. He, however, continues to sweat and breathe 
heavily. In some cases he will try to eat and once in a while 
he will be noticed to walk round. In this stage he does not 
lie down. The surface of his body, his ears, his nose, his lips 
and legs get colder and have a death-like feeling. The pulse 
now is up to 100 beats per minute, and so weak as to be 
scarcely felt, showing that his heart is merely fluttering. The 
haggard look of the face becomes more marked. He strains 
a few times, as if trying to pass something, but nothing 
comes. He will keep on his feet as long as he can, but finally 
staggers, falls and dies. This disease generally runs a course 
of from 10 to 15 hours, but in some cases we have known a 
horse affected with it to live as long as two or three days 
after being attacked. In such a case only a small portion of 
the bowels was affected. 
Treatment. — This disease, if taken as soon as the animal 
is noticed sick, may be sometimes cured, but the treatment 
must be qliick and careful, for, if the disease once gets a i 
