FLATULENT COLIC. 
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Treatment. — Copious enemas of soap and warm water (also 
see Formula 81) fomentations to the belly, to which turpentine 
may be added. When severe, fomentations are out of the question, 
mustard mixed with warm w^ater should be applied, or liniment 
rubbed over the belly. 
3- 
Opium 
Powdered nutmeg ... ... [-4 drs. of each. 
Aniseed 
Rum ... ... ... 8 ozs. 
Jaggery ... ,.. ... A sufficiency. 
Repeat in four hours if necessary, reducing the opium to 2| drs. 
OR 
Opium ... ... ... 4 drs. 
Ginger .. ... ... i oz. 
Jaggery ... ... ... 3 ozs. 
Repeated in four hours if necessary. 
OR 
Chloral hydrate ... ... i^ozs."). 
A • J " Mn eruel. 
Aniseed ... ... ... i oz. 3 * 
OR 
Tincture of opium ... ... 3 ozs. 
Sweet spirits of nitre ... ... 3 ozs. 
Soaked in bread, or mixed with boiled rice, repeated 
if necessary in four hours. 
Ganja in doses of 3 to 4 drachms may be substituted for the opium. 
(Also see Formulae i to 6 and mussaiils.) 
When the acute symptoms have subsided, earlier if possible, it is 
advisable to give a dose of physic such as castor-oil, to relieve the 
bowels. 
Solid food should be withheld for 24 hours and only good gruel 
allowed. If attacks recur care should be taken to examine food and 
water-supply. 
Flatulent Colic. 
Symptoms. — In this form there are colicky pains, but as a rule 
they are not so acute as in the spasmodic form. The belly may be 
greatly distended ; the bowels are generally constipated ; the dung 
may be dry and hard, or soft and pale in colour ; there is loss of 
appetite, dulness and listlessness ; trunk contracted. Severe cases 
are very serious as death may result. Flatulent colic may also be 
a symptom of other serious abdominal affections. 
