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which it points to the advantages of a solely stimulative 

 treatment. It would be hard to imagine an animal with 

 obstructive colic being dosed with sedatives and then 

 lingering on in the same manner for so long a time as 

 eighteen days. The fact of the matter is this: The 



Fig. 15.— Calculus obstructing Small Colon (Mr. Harding's 



Case). 



general abandonment of sedatives in veterinary equine 

 practice would undoubtedly lead to the better diagnosis 

 of colic troubles. I feel that it has already increased 

 my own powers in that respect, and what it will do for 

 me it will do for others. 



