2iS THE COMMON COLICS OF THE HORSE 



attendant ; so much will depend upon the history of 

 individual cases, and the patient's idiosyncrasies. As old 

 Francis Clater clearly enough puts it, ' Nothing so 

 much distinguishes the man of good sense from the mere 

 blunderer as the treatment of purging.' There is no 

 reliable 'rule of thumb' method in medicine. Each 

 case must be treated upon its own merits. 



