. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. 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
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. 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-. FiGs. 817, 818.—Forms of Graduated Hypodermic Syringe Frequently used in Treating Colic. tered ; the legs and ears are natural in temperature. After an in-terval of longer or shorter duration, the attack returns, perhaps withincreased violence, when he gathers himself, falls down and rollsabout as before. As the disease advances, the symptoms becomemore severe. Youatt, in his description of colic, contrasts its symptoms withthose of inflammation of the bowels, and though not exactly accord-ing to modern authorities, it will materially aid the reader in de-termining the difference ; so I include it. I would also refer the *He may also act as if he wanted to make water, which he cannot do, there being a spas-modic contraction of the urethra. Hence the desire to give diuretic medicine. Straining inthis way is usually prompted by a desire to relieve the muscles of the belly. No diuretic medi-cine shou
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