192 Agricultural Journal of Victoria. 



Mr. W. T. Kendall, M.R.C.V.S., who, it may be said, tlioroughly 

 endorses the treatment suggested, in commenting on this case, offers 

 the following explanation : — 



As to the cause of death in horses after dosing with oil and turpentine, it is not, as 

 a rule, the turpentine that is to blame, but the linseed oil. Horses have a great 

 aversion to this drench, and resist being drenched to the utmost, consequently the 

 risk of some of the medicine getting into the windpipe is greatly increased, and unless 

 the head is let down whenever the horse begins coughing, choking may take place, or 

 some of the drench goes the wrong way, and death results from broncho-pneumonia. 

 When the medicine gets into the lungs the turpentine is immediately absorbed, but 

 the oil remains as a mechanical irritant and causes all the trouble. In proof of this 

 two ounces of raw turpentine may be injected into the windpipe and no harm will be 

 done, while the same dose of linseed oil, administered in the same manner, would most 

 likely be fatal. 



