. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. Fig. 815.—Second Stage of Spasmodic Colic. water when heated, especially if hard well-water, often gives riseto a severe attack ; worms and other intestinal irritants may induceit ; costiveness and unwholesome food often cause it ; overloading. Fig. 816.—Third Stage of Spasmodic Colic. the stomach, or being put to work on a full stomach, will giverise to it. Symptoms.—The animal is suddenly seized with pain in thebowels, becoming restless and uneasy, crouching, sometimes strik-ing up tow
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. Fig. 815.—Second Stage of Spasmodic Colic. water when heated, especially if hard well-water, often gives riseto a severe attack ; worms and other intestinal irritants may induceit ; costiveness and unwholesome food often cause it ; overloading. Fig. 816.—Third Stage of Spasmodic Colic. the stomach, or being put to work on a full stomach, will giverise to it. Symptoms.—The animal is suddenly seized with pain in thebowels, becoming restless and uneasy, crouching, sometimes strik-ing up toward the belly with the hind foot, looking round to his COLIC. 497 flanks, evincing great distress ; he gets down after several apparentefforts, rolls about, sometimes on his back, sometimes quite over.*(These symptoms are in part illustrated by Figs. 814-816, whichare ideal, but will serve to give an idea of the symptoms. Fig. 813,which I copy from Mayhew, is considerably exaggerated, the headbeing held too high, showing too excited and nervous an expression,and the hind leg brought too near the body. Fig. 81-i shows a com-mon symptom during the early stage.) Profuse perspiration breaksout over him. The paroxysm soon passes off, and he gets up, shakeshimself, and begins feeding ; during the interval the pulse is unal-
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