SPA SMODIC OR CRAMP COLIC is the name given to colic which is produced by contraction or spasm of a portion of the small intestines. It is usually caused by indigestible food; foreign bodies: excessive drinking of cold water when overheated; draughts of cold air. etc. To insure correct treatment. it is very necessary to keep in mind the type of horse, the force of the attack, the intervals of ease or violent pain, the tem perature and pulse. and a frequent attempt to urinate, which will prevent the confounding of with any other form of colic. The treatment indicated is any antispasmodic medicine, of which probably there is none better than chloral hy drate given in a dose of one ounce in a half-pint of water as a drench. Flatulent colic, tym panites, wind colic, bloat, are common among animals subject to sudden changes of food, care less feeding or treatment; too much green food, or any other food that has become stale and sour.
Bernice: There are several kinds of herniae, not all of which, however, are to be regarded as seri ous or dangerous. Abdominal hernia, or rup tures, are divided into reducible, irreducible, and strangulated, 'according to their condition; and into ing,uinal, scrotal, ventral, umbilical, and diaphragmatic, according to their situation. In many instances treatment is not necessary; or, where the hernial sac is extensive, treatment is ineffective. A good deal will depend on whether any one is present when the hernia happens, as to the possibilities of a perfect cure. Umbili cal hernia, or diaphragmatic hernia, calls for the most skilled treatment, and even then little or nothing can be done.