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conceit, or even the assumption of a superior knowledge. 

 In this case it means that the speaker thinks he has 

 placed his fingers on a weak spot in the generally ac- 

 cepted treatment of a certain set of complaints. It means 

 also that towards anything approaching an innovation 

 he dimly detects a certain degree of apathy among his 

 fellow-practitioners, and recognises that a certain amount 

 of plain speaking is the one thing calculated to stir them 

 into wakefulness concerning it. 



If in coming here I make but one convert, I shall feel 

 the time has been well spent. If, again, the discussion 

 proves certain conclusions of mine to be wrong, or shows 

 where my enthusiasm for a new thing should be moderated, 

 my time will have been even better spent. ' ^ 



III. Further Remarks on the Use of Aloes in the 

 Treatment of Intestinal Impactions. 



In this, the second edition of this little book, pub- 

 lished in IQ09, I wish to qualify the strictures placed on 

 aloes in the earlier edition. Since the first publication of 

 this work in 1902 my views concerning the use of this 

 drug in the treatment of the equine colics have become 

 somewhat modified, and I should not be honest did I 

 not here admit the change. 



At first I contemplated re-writing the matter occurring 

 under this head in the several places in this book. For 

 one or two reasons, however, I prefer to let it stand, and 

 give explanation here. In the first place, the reader 

 will be able to compare what has been written before 

 with the remarks I have now to make. Secondly, the 

 matter on pages 96 and 97 and in Chapter*- XVII. 

 contains so much that is true that it should be allowed 



1 Th( Veterinary Record, March 21, 1903. 



