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with frequent attempts to vomit, and when the 

 spasms were on, the animal suffered great distress. 

 Pulse seventy per minute, respiration thirty per 

 minute. From the history of the case, the animal 

 could swallow all right at the beginning, and until 

 it had had several doses of the medicine, and on the 

 following morning when I was called in, the ani- 

 mal could not swallow. In pouring down a little 

 water, the gullet was seen to fill up and cause the 

 animal great distress. I considered it a case of 

 inflammation of the gullet, and treated the animal 

 by giving hypodermic injections of morphine, three 

 grains at a dose, and the application of mustard 

 to the lower part of the gullet. The horse died 

 during the following night. Post-mortem exam- 

 ination revealed inflammation of the lower part of 

 the gullet and left half of the stomach. The gullet 

 was so swollen that I could not introduce my finger 

 into it by using considerable force. Cases of this 

 kind are not often met with. The treatment for 

 inflammation of the gullet is as follows : For cat- 

 tle, Epsom salts, one and a half pounds; ground 

 ginger, half ounce; water, half gallon, to be given 

 at one dose. For the horse, aloes, one ounce; car- 

 bonate of soda, half an ounce; ground ginger, half 

 an ounce. Pour on half a pint of boiling water, 

 then add one-half pint more of cold water, and give 

 at one dose. The use of the physic in this case is 

 to reduce the system, and thereby reduce inflam- 

 mation. Follow this up with aconite, twenty to 

 thirty drops in one-half pint of cold water, until 

 the pulse is reduced in strength and number. To 



