SUBACUTE OBSTRUCTION OF THE DOUBLE COLON 



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SUBACUTE OBSTRUCTIVE INTESTINAL COLIC— continued. 



IFater- 

 supply. 



Previous 

 Medicine. 



Dyke. Nil 



Dyke. 



Surface- 

 well. 



Nil. 



Nil. 



Dyke. 



Nil. 



Medicine given. 



Aminon. carb., 2^ oz. 

 Nucis voni. p., 6 drs. 

 Sapo mollis, q.s. 



M.; ft. bol. iv. 

 Drench as for No. 8. 



Injected hypodermically : 

 Eserine sulphate, 2 grs. 



Same as No. 8, with addi- 

 tion of eserine sulph., 

 2 grs. 



2 oz. 



Ammon. carb,, 2 o?.. 



Nucis vom., i oz. 



Sapo mollis, q.s. 



M. ; ft. bol. iv. 



Spt. ammon. ar. )._ 



01. tereb. ) '^'^ 



01. lini, ID oz. 



M. ; ft. haust. 



I was in this case tempted 

 by the owner to give a 

 dose of aloes, 7 drs. 



As Case 11, but no aloes. 

 One hour later, eserine 

 sulph., 2 grs. 



Symptoms, Remarks, etc. 



Periods of dull pain. 

 Sliiiht tympany, 

 ballooned. 



No change whatever. 



Violent 

 Rectum 



at intervals, 

 empty and 



Mare quite easy. One hour after the injec- 

 tion of the eserine and during the day 

 there had been several evacuations of freces 

 of a normal consistence, accompanied by 

 the discharge of much flatus. 



Dull pains. Rectum ballooned and contain- 

 ing a few hard mucus-covered lumps. 

 Colon impacted. No signs of peristalsis 

 on auscultation. Tympany very marked. 

 This I tried to relieve with the trocar, but, 

 failing twice, desisted at owner's urgent 

 request. 



The eserine had greatly increased peristalsis, 

 but as yet there had been no passage of 

 faeces. 



Horse quite easy. Slightly purging. Case 

 did well. 



Sharp pain at intervals. For the most part 

 remaining dull. Eating at interval^. No 

 tympany. Rectum full of a semi-fluid, 

 half-digested material, resembling more, 

 both in smell and appearance, the contents 

 of a stomach. 



The mare continued dull all day. Purged 

 towards evening. This purging I could 

 not attribute to the aloes, as it was too 

 soon after its administration. 



Mare still continued dull and listless, but 

 picking a little. Dung of a normal con- 

 sistence. She then purged again towards 

 evening (this time, 1 think, from the aloes), 

 and caused me no little anxiety for some 

 few days, fearing superpurgation as a con- 

 sequence of the already irritated bowels. 



Pains violent and almost incessant. Per- 

 spiration in patches, but animal warm. 

 Anxious, distressed look. Mouth dry, 

 clammy, and hot. The horse got relief at 

 3.30 a.m. on 23rd. 



These were treated on identical lines with the foregoing, and did well, 

 of my reporting them in full. 



