Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-08-13
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Agricultural Department.
Remedy for Collie in Horses.

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From the Southern Planter we ex
trac. the following communication on
the above disease
! have intended for some time tie re-
quest the republication ofaA Remedy
for Collie in Horses" which appeared
in the Southern Planter, Vol. ILL.,, page
Al. Ihayo used the medicine with en-
tire success for seven years, and in the
severest cases ever saw. had lost
two Of the best horses | owned previ-
Gus 10 this publication. But since |
have practised this way, ! have never,
so far, had q horse TO remain sick thirty
minutes after giving the drench.
BY the way, / would advise every
man who has a sick horse, to give this
medicine, although he may be told by
others that his horse has the grabs, for
the symptoms in both cases are alike.
said the symptoms in both cases are
alike, but must make reserve, Tor
believe, in ninety-nine cases out oil one
hundred that are said to be grubs, the
horses die by coic-and grubs found in
them, the cases are then decided 10 be
grubs.
The REo,rE.-Take two quarts OF
cold water in q basin; add, say pint
of hot wood ashes, or embers, and stir.
Cut off an inch and half from COIN
mon handful Of tobacco, and shred in
the mixture. Stir all up, and let it
stand fifteen minutes and settle. Pour
off a common black bottle full Of the
fluid, aud drench your horse. In hall
an hour he will be well.
RA1IoyALE.-The gas which bloats
the horse is probably carhonic acid gas
and light carburetted hydrogen, the
product of the vegetable decomposition
which is Immediately absorbed by its
combination with an alkali.
The tobacco is a powerful antispas-
modic and calharlic; il therefore pros
,rates the nervous scnsibility, checks
the inflammation and increases the action
Of the lower intestines. In critical or
extreme cases, It will be well 10 give
IN enema of strong decoclion Of tobac-
co with syringe. Out Of more than
one hundred instances, in which have
seen this remedy used, ] have yet to
witness the first failure. 1t also has an
advantage over very many remedies,
VIZ, it cannot iniurs horse in perfect
health. Feed light Tor day or two.
CAUSES OF CoLlc-The main cause
consists in the presence Of greater
amount Of food than the intestines can
elaborate into the nourishment, Of a kind
ol food difficult Of digestion, producing
spasm, obstruction, vegetable decompo-
sitlon, and consequent lnlamation.-
Hard driving on llstomach will pro-
duce collie, because the effort weakens
the tone Of the digestive organs, and
they cannot elaborate the food, which
then produces irritation and inflammation.
Cold water, when the horse is heated;
because il is powerful stimulus, and
will produce spasm or obstruction, or
by the reaction produce weakness Of The
digestive organs. 1t also increases the
fermentation. Hearty feeding alter
hard driving; because the stomach aid
intestines sympathize with the general
fatigue Of The system, and are easily
overloaded, and the appetite will induce
the horseto eat more than he can digest.
Collie in first ila!ulent stage, or what
is called helly-ache-aromatic remedies,
Of hall gill Of spirits of lurpentine,
or a pint Of whiskey and black pepper
may be given. All these stimulate the
system, and may assist in overcoming
the difficulty. But IN the latter and in
uhtory stage. which rapidly succeeds
the ytormer, the same remedies would
produce speedy death by increasing the
inlSmatior. In nine cases out Of ten
thiSdisease is not observed by the ordl-
Diary driver until it has assumed the in
tlamatory torm-in which stage the
remedy at the head Of this article should
be given, with as little delay as posi-.
bic; although it should no. be omitted,
even if the horse be in the article Of
death itself, lot l have seen them recov-
er when every by-stander had dismissed
all hope.