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It appears that he was called to the city stables to treat a 

 horse suffering from colic. He proceeded to pour into the 

 horse's ears some powerful blistering liniment, with the idea of 

 making the poor beast thrash his head around so vigorously 

 that the violent motion would start the gas which had collected 

 in and around the stomach of the horse. 



" The treatment succeeded far beyond the expectations of 

 the doctor. The horse beat his head on the floor in the most 

 acute agony, so that it was necessary to pad the stall with bags 

 to keep him from pounding his skull to pieces. Finally, the 

 horse died a most painful death, and a post-mortem examina- 

 tion showed that his ear was blistered all over the inside in a 

 most horrible manner. 



" The defense tried to show that the liquid that was turned 

 into the ear was harmless, but Judge Gould could not be made 

 to believe that story. He fined Dr. Maxwell $20 and costs, 

 for excessive cruelty to the horse." 



