Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-06-28

The attack Of collie is usually very sudden,
with frequently not the sightct warning
The horse scrapes wi h the fore feet kicks ut
the belly. shifts about, turns round, smells
the floor crouchcs in u peculiar manner, sud
denly lies down. rolls, balances himself upon
his back, breathing heavily throughout
Soon the pain soeius to- cease for little
while, and the animal g Is up, shakes himself
and begins to feed The respite, however, Is
but short, and the spnsm often returns mora
violently, with every Indication of increasing
pain
Among the causes Of collie nrc the drinking
of cold or hard water in large quantities when
the horse is heated. A handful of Oatmeal
in the water. aud the chill also taken OH, urc
Of incalculable benefit. Collie will sometimes
follow the exposure of horse to the cold air
or n cold wind after strong exercise. Green
food. though gene rally beneficial to horse,
yet if given III mmOdcrate quantities, or
when the animal is heated, will frequently
produce gripes. Some horses appear to he
constitutionally predisposed to collie, owing
to some organic intestinal disease. Various
remedies are in use by horse owners and vet
erinarians, such as turpentine, tincture of
opium, II solution of alocs with injections of
warm water, or containing solution of aloes,
OF tobacco smoke. The following suggestion
10y an English veterinary surgeon seems to he
n reader. far safer and more certain means of
relief and cure, besides having the advantage
of being Mt hand Mt every farmhouse.
Apply Mt once Il horse blanket or woollen
rug folded into two thickuesses, wrung out of
boiling water to the belly and up the sides,
covering tightly with II couple more blankets
to retain the heat As the application cools,
renew as often as needful A large bran poul-
tice, as hot as can he borne, is equally effect
i've and retains the heat longer Should there
at the same time be n difficulty in staleing,
which is often the case, apply IL similar hot
cloth or poultice over the kidneys, when the
urine will be relieved. 1t is well also to give
an injection of warm water about blood heat,
into the bowels, and if necessary dose Of
hot water with n teaspoonful of tncturc of
cayenne into the stomach.
Lay the animal in well-bcdded, loose box,
darien the window and leave him for a quar-
ter Of an hour. In an ordinary case, the cloths
or bran poultice will not need above one re-
newal in severe cases they may be shifted
four times within the hour and a hot fomcn-
tation also applied to the spine, which latter
also has II wonderfully soothing effect. When
the horse is relieved, wash down with tepid
water, dry well, cover up, give bran-mash,
and allow n days rest for the fatigue the dis.
ease occasioned Now, whether the case is
of simple collie. with quiet pulse, or pro-
ceeds to inflammation of the stomach or in
testines, with bounding flow of blood the
treatment is the same. The horse is simply
relieved through the outer skin instead of
through the lining membrane of the stomach.
The outer skin is the more accessible it has
millions of pores and countless nerves to act
upon. This treatment draws the disease to
the outside at once and ii is perfectly safe.
Animal life is much the same whether in man
or in the horse, while the same means of cure
in disease warmth and mosture-a applied To-
cally or generally, will tell hundred times
more efiectually than physicking or similar
methods.