Symptoms.—The animal is evidently in pain, and appears very restless; it occasionally turns its head, with an anxious gaze, to the left side, which seems to be distended more than the right; there is an occasional discharge of gas from the mouth and anus.

Treatment.—Give the following carminative:—

Powdered aniseed,half a tea-spoonful.
Powdered cinnamon,half a tea-spoonful.

To be given in a quart of spearmint tea, and repeated if necessary.

Another.

Powdered asafœtida,half a tea-spoon.
Thin gruel of slippery elm,2 quarts.
Oil of aniseed,20 drops.

To be given at a dose.

If the animal suffers much pain, apply fomentations to the belly, and give the following injection:—

Powdered ginger,half an ounce.
Common salt,1 table-spoonful.
Hot water,1 gallon.