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discharge of an irritant nature from the anus. The urine 

 and faeces smelt strongly of savin. The mares recovered 

 under treatment. The poisonous dose is uncertain. Hert- 

 wig gave half a pound daily for six or eight days to horses, 

 without effect. With large doses there is in general — 

 diarrhoea, thirst, accelerated pulse and respiration, and 

 great prostration. 



A. Fuller * observed in horses poisoned by savin — ^heavy 

 appearance, tucked-up flank, difficulty in swallowing, saliva- 

 tion, and thirst ; respiration quick and laboured, pulse 

 quick and weak; faeces hard and covered with mucus, 

 urine dark and scanty ; temperature variable, and patches 

 of cold perspiration. The symptoms lasted four to five 

 days, when there was great prostration and death. 



G. Moirf recorded savin poisoning of an eight or nine 

 year old bay horse. He observed — staring coat, sunken 

 eyes, mouth clammy, and viscid saliva ; faeces slimy, 

 great urination, corded pulse, watery discharge from eyes 

 and nostrils. The respiration was not much increased. 



On post-mortem both these observers found inflammation 

 and mucous discharge of the mouth, gullet, stomach, and 

 intestines. In Puller's cases the caecum was full of yellow 

 liquid, but in some instances empty and contracted to about 

 one-fourth. The colon was full of undigested food, rectum 

 thickened and inflamed, and bladder full of offensive urine. 

 In Moir's case, he found the stomach full of oily liquid, in 

 which savin was detected. 



The treatment of savin poisoning is by means of opium 

 to allay pain, followed by mild aperients, demulcents, and 

 stimulants. 



Rue. — Cornevin states that the leaves of rue are some- 

 times used, occasionally with fatal results, to procure 

 abortion. He characterises its effects as those of a gastro- 

 irritant causing a period of excitement, followed by depres- 

 sion, weakened heart action, lowering of surface temperature, 

 abundant salivation, and swelling of the tongue. 



The lesions are those of gastro-enteritis, the posterior 

 * Veterinarian, 1860, p. 135. t I^i^-, 1862, p. 643. 



