The encyclopædia of the stable The encyclopædia of the stable: a complete manual of the horse, its breeds, anatomy, physiology, diseases, breeding, breaking, training and management, with articles on harness, farriery, carriages, etc. comprising a thousand hints to horse owners encyclopdiaofs00shaw Year: 1909 COLIC Treatment.—The belly should be well rubbed, a wisp of straw being used for the purpose, and three or four ounces of whisky or some other spirit in a quart of tepid water may be administered. Should no relief be experienced from this, two ounces of turpentine—this is the dose for a
The encyclopædia of the stable The encyclopædia of the stable: a complete manual of the horse, its breeds, anatomy, physiology, diseases, breeding, breaking, training and management, with articles on harness, farriery, carriages, etc. comprising a thousand hints to horse owners encyclopdiaofs00shaw Year: 1909 COLIC Treatment.—The belly should be well rubbed, a wisp of straw being used for the purpose, and three or four ounces of whisky or some other spirit in a quart of tepid water may be administered. Should no relief be experienced from this, two ounces of turpentine—this is the dose for a full-sized adult horse—may be given in a pint of linseed oil; or two ounces of sweet nitre and one ounce of chlorodyne may be administered in a pint of warm water, to be followed by a similar dose of linseed oil, and a linseed meal and mustard Poultice on the Belly. poultice may be applied to the belly. If there is reason to believe that the bowels are not acting, an enema of hot water may be given, and this will usually assist in easing the horse if his belly is distended by wind. A purgative dose should also be given later on under any circumstances, and the horse should be kept warm, his ears pulled and legs rubbed. An attack of colic may pass off in a quarter of an hour, or it may continue for a long time, in which case, if the patient appears to be losing strength, professional advice 81 F
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