INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS. 
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411 food should be denied him, and in its stead give him 
gruel, a decoction of lintseed, thin starch, or arrow-root, or 
a strong solution of gum-arabic. Clysters of warm gruel 
would also be proper, in which a quarter of an ounce o f 
aloes is mixed. Some prefer from six ounces to half-a-pound 
of Epsom salts. These should be administered with Reids 
patent pump. If the irritation and indications of pain still 
continue after twelve or fourteen hours have elapsed, it will 
be necessary to give the following :— 
Gruel 
Prepared chalk 
Catechu . 
Opium . 
2 quarts, 
1 ounce, 
4 ounces, 
2 scruples ; 
The above to be repeated every five or six hours until the 
purging and pain are allayed, after which the doses should 
be lessened in quantity and frequency. 
If the inflammatory symptoms are very great, it will be 
necessary to have recourse to bleeding; but this must only 
be resorted to when accompanied by general febrile symptoms. 
The horse must be kept warm and well-clothed, with his 
legs bandaged after being rubbed thoroughly. 
SPASMODIC COLIC. 
Symptoms. —This disorder in general comes on very 
suddenly, without any premonitory signs. The horse be¬ 
comes very restless, shifts his position, paws the ground, 
and looks round with anxiety at his flanks ; sometimes 
raising his foot as high as his belly and striking it violently : 
he will also lie down and roll about on his back. In a few 
minutes the spasm subsides, and the animal after shaking 
himself will resume feeding. At longer or shorter intervals 
the attack is renewed, but with increased violence ; he will 
