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Chapter IX., p. 100, and left draughts containing diffusible 

 stimulants for after administration, requesting the owner 

 to let me know on the following day if the pains had not 

 ceased. 



January 31, 3.30 p.m. — My attendance was again re- 

 quested, and I found the mare exhibiting much the same 

 symptoms as on the previous day, with the exception 

 that the purging had ceased since early the evening 

 before. Accordingly, I repeated the stimulant treatment, 

 and left further medicines of a similar nature. The case 

 was showing no extreme urgency, and I did not propose 

 seeing it again until the following day. 



February 1, 10.30 a.m. — The pains had now ceased, 

 and the mare inclined to pick daintily at a little hay. 

 The critical discharge of a mass of clay-like, offensive- 

 smelling faeces had taken place. I still continued the 

 frequent administration of stimulants, now in smaller 

 doses and combined with vegetable bitters and tonics, 

 leaving these to be given by the farm attendants. 



February 2. — No visit. 



February 3. — Mare still convalescent, but doing well. 

 Had several times passed normal-sized heaps of faeces, 

 healthy in colour and smell, and was now feeding fairly 

 well. Advised the continuance of the tonics and a few 

 days' rest. The case subsequently did well. 



Case No. 2. 



This case, one of the most remarkable in my experi- 

 ence, was treated some eighteen miles from home. It is 

 astonishing to me as showing the length of time it is 

 possible for a horse to suffer from the pains of obstruc- 

 tion and then recover. I need hardly say that it is one 

 of those exceptions that go to prove the rule. 



February 21, 1900, 12 noon. — The subject was a six- 

 years-old cart gelding. The owner, a client of mine, 



came and informed me that he had a horse ill at M . 



I had never attended there before on account of the 

 distance, but was persuaded in this instance, as the owner 

 urged that the animal was a valuable one, that he was 

 not satisfied with the treatment the horse was receiv- 



