If, at the commencement or during the progress of the disease, fever and inflammatory symptoms should also exist, then alternate the A.A., with the F.F., at the intervals mentioned.
If the attack has clearly been occasioned by an over-feed, or by bad, heavy, indigestible food, it will be best to alternate the J.K., with F.F., at the intervals directed.
The colic not unfrequently comes from the kidneys, which may be suspected by the horse making frequent attempts at staling, or his passing scanty, thick or bloody urine. In these cases, give fifteen drops of H.H., every half hour, alone or in alternation, with the A.A.
Should there be suspicion that Bots or Worms are an exciting cause, the D.D., may be alternated with F.F., fifteen drops every half hour or hour.
N. B.—In cases of colic the greatest danger and the worst possible fault is injudicious haste and giving too many and improper things. Thousands of horses are killed by the drugs given to cure colic where one dies of the disease itself. Give only Humphreys’ Remedies, and at the intervals as directed, however urgent as the case may appear. Your success and safety are in following the directions implicitly.
Tympanitis, Drum-Belly, or Wind-Colic
This is merely a form of colic characterized by an enormous production of flatulence. The pain is sharper, the animal more furious and violent than in ordinary colic; the belly on both sides is more or less swelled with wind; there are rumbling noises and frequent discharges of wind. It is usually the result of eating or gorging with green, flatulent food.
Treatment.—Give fifteen drops of F.F., every half hour, or even more frequently if the case is very urgent. It will soon be relieved. Afterwards, a few doses of J.K., fifteen drops morning and night, will be of benefit.
Enteritis, Inflammation of the Bowels, Red Colic
There are two varieties of this disease, one in which the external coats of the intestines are inflamed, and attended with constipation, and the other, in which there is irritation of the internal mucous surface of the intestines, and attended with purging.