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ture, its operation will be facilitated by clysters, for which 
we have given recipes at page 496. 
If colic is induced from the animal gorging itself with 
dry and hard grain or hay, great caution must be exercised in 
feeding for some days after the complaint has been removed. 
At the same time it will be proper to give the animal the 
following stomachic, as a restorative, once or twice during 
the twenty-four hours :— 
Powdered ginger . . ^ ounce, 
Powdered gentian . 1 ounce, 
Carbonate of ammonia * 2 drachms. 
Infusion of camomile-flowers 1 pint, 
Peruvian bark . . ^ ounce, 
Warm gruel . . 1 pint. 
If, however, costiveness is the proximate cause of the 
colic, an alterative must be the remedy administered, and 
the purgative above recommended must be given. Some¬ 
times a change from dry to green food will produce the desired 
effect without having recourse to medicine. Salt mixed 
with the food has been known to relieve the pain, and also 
to restore a healthy condition in the animal. Or, if he re¬ 
fuse the dry salt, a solution of four ounces, daily, in a quart 
of water will give a desire to drink, which, if water is given 
plentifully, will be of much service in obviating the com¬ 
plaint. 
DIARRHCEA, OR LOOSENESS. 
Symptoms. — This complaint is manifested by general 
weakness and loss of flesh, increasing paleness of the eyes, 
frequent discharge of dung mixed with the slimy substance 
which lines the intestines, which has a most foetid smell, 
accompanied by inflammatory fever and griping pains, with 
irregular pulsation 
