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of diagnosis in colic enormously on the increase. That, 

 at any rate, has been my own experience. 



To my mind, it is largely this dread of enteritis, and 

 the idea the practitioner has that he may be able to ward 

 it off by the use of sedatives, that has tended to paralyze 

 any forward movement towards the better differentiation 

 and diagnosis of cases of veterinary coHc. 



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