The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-07-06
TIE SPIRIT Of DEMOCRACY
Collie In Horses.

TRANsIrvILLE, IND. June 13.-We
notice some one has sent to the Gazette
a sure remedy for bots in horses. Now
a few. words, my brother farmers. Let
me say here there is no such thing as
bots Bots were never known to kill q
horse The truth is, the horse takes
either spasmodic or 6itulent collie
either Of which is severe, and soon
proves fatal if not-properly attended to.
There is seldom a case of collie but what
some impostor comes along and pro-
nouuces the case bots. There never
was a greater hunbug than the bot doc
tori 49,
The egg Of the bot fly passes into the
stomach. and when Matched the young
larva attaches itself to the inside coat
of the stomach There it hu les its
hooks or head until maturity then passes
off, matches out, and becomes the bot fly
again. The Allwise Being has formed
everything to fll its natural sphere -
Now, while the bots remains attached
to the stomach, how absurd the idea of
giving milk and molasses to make them
let go! We have known them to live
in aquafortis for forty-eight hours, aud
live and do we'll. Three drops of this
acid woull destroy the horse in very
short time.
There are two kinds of collie
FLATULENT OR WIND coLIc
is the, most frequent. 1t is an exceed
ingly distressing disease, and runs its
course in short time Symptoms
Wind collie comes on very suddenly
The horse becomes uneasy, commences
to paw, and shows great signs of pain.
He looks around at his side; walks
about anxiously; lies down carefully
rolls, showing an effort to keep on his
back; gets up, carefully walks around
as if in search of something to eat, and
for little time seems to be much
easier; but the proxysm is shortly re-
newed, and he behaves as before. Swell
ling of the abdomen or belly begins and
increases fast. This is caused by the
gas that is collecting in the stomach and
produces fearful pain. His breathing
becomes difficult. Belching finally COM
mences; he ceases to lie down, fearing
his ability to rise again. He sweats
freely, and finally falls to rise no more
Treatment: The cramping or gripping
pain must be relieved, and the further
formation Of gas prevented. Give the
following as soon as it can be obtained :
Tincture of prickly ash berries, 4
ounces.
Whisky, pint.
Mix and give as drench. If no
better soon, give next: t
Tinctnre of opium, / ounce.
Spirits of camphor, l ounce.
Sulphuric ether, 2 ounces.
Chloride Of lime, / ounce.
Water, milk warm, l pint
Mix and give as a drench. Blanket
the horse well, and exercise little.
e sPAsMoDIc collie.
This, like tlatnlent collie, is very sud-
den in its approach and gives no warn
ing of the fearful cramping of the mus
Gle Of the intestines. As in wind collie,
the horse commences to paw, striking
his belly with his feet. looks around at
his side, turns up his lip (sure sign of
bots, fatal mistake). In spasmodic
collie be lies down very quickly, and
gathers his legs under as if he wished
10 come fiat down on his belly. He
rolls rapidly; is not disposed to lie on
his back, but rolls clean over; gets partly
up, sits on his hump like dog and
looks around at his side for moment
rises up quickly and may shake himsel:
and appear perfectly easy; but soon be
goes over the same performance. Each
paroxysm gets still more severe. Bear
in mind there is but little swelling in
spasmodic collie (another sure sign Of
bots
Avoid this miserable humbug of bots
That which is good for man will be
good for the horse. Increase dose, say ::
Cbloroform, 2 2drachms; oil of turpen-
tine, l ounce; tincture of asafedita, 2
ounces: warm water, l pint. Mind,
give as drench.
80 s.i'sF 4 JOHN W EDWARDS.
REMARKS For coIic, either in man
or beast, there is simple and effectual
remedy always right at hand: Take
char coal (live Goals out of wood fire
will answer) I; pulverize it and mix With
water and drink. For man, table
spoonful Of The rulverized charcoal is
usually enough, mixed up thoroughly
with q tumhler of water. For horse,
pint or more Of the same could be
mixed up in quart bottle of water, and
administered as drench. Cincinnati
Gazette.