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attacked. I, of course, went with him to the drug store. 

 He got a half ounce vial which he filled with distilled wa- 

 ter ; to this he added as much of a white powder as would 

 lie on the extreme point of the small blade of a pen knife. 

 He then directed me to take another vial the same size, fill 

 it with rain-water and put three drops of the liquid of the 

 first vial ^'nto it, and should the colt become sick, drop one 

 drop on his tongue, showing me how to hold my finger to 

 guard against any more falling. I could hardly keep my 

 countenance, but managed to restrain myself to ask what 

 would be the result, should more than one drop be given. 

 He answered, two drops will stop the discharge too sud- 

 denly, but be very careful that three drops are not given, 

 as that would certainly kill him. I took the vial without 

 any further remarks, and as the colt was weh 1 all the time 

 he was at my place, I had no opportunity to test the won- 

 derful efficacy of the eightieth part of a drop of the first 

 solution. 



PRECEPTOR. Such infinitesimal doses, I should think, 

 could not do much good or harm. Still to me there is some- 

 thing very wonderful in homoeopathy, and I believe that 

 system carried into horse practice would be beneficial. 

 The cruelty now constantly attending the treatment of 

 horses by those who-boast loudly of their skill, and impose 

 on the credulity of owners, might be abated, if all, not 

 regularly educated in veterinary colleges, followed the 

 homoeopathic formula. How much cruelty has been prac- 

 ticed in the treatment of horses for the colic! I have 

 known a pint of soft soap and a pint of vinegar first given, 

 then a pint of whiskey and a tablespoonful of Cayenne 

 pepper, then a quarter of a pound of saleratus dissolved 

 in hot water, and lastly, a gill of spirits of turpentine 

 poured down the nostrill. The men who recommended 

 the last dose were highly indignant when I prophecied it 

 would kill him, and I nearly got myself in a scrape by 



