2iS THE COMMON COLICS OF THE HORSE 



attendant ; so much will depend upon the history of 

 individual cases, and the patient's idiosyncrasies. As old 

 Francis Clater clearly enough puts it, ' Nothing so 

 much distinguishes the man of good sense from the mere 

 blunderer as the treatment of purging.' There is no 

 reliable ' rule of thumb ' method in medicine. Each 

 case must be treated upon its own merits. 



