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after-treatment carried on by means of balls, hypodermic 

 injections, and suitable enemas. If this precaution is not 

 taken, and forcible drenching is persisted in, the veterinary 

 surgeon will have a much worse case on his hands in the 

 shape of a severe attack of pneumonia, caused by the 

 aspirating of the liquid. 



To the beginner, with his first case of ' colic ' in an un- 

 broken colt, I would advise this : ' Put your case down 

 half as bad again as your diagnosis has led you to 

 imagine, and you will be nearer by far to the truth of the 

 animal's condition.' 



Foals. — In these days of extensive breeding of high- 

 class stock, with the increase in value of their progeny, 

 the foal will demand a large share of our attention. 

 Those resident in or near a large breeding centre know 

 full well the many annoyances and disappointments met 

 with in treating these delicate animals. The veterinary 

 surgeon's position is rendered the more difficult in that 

 every foal, when he is dropped, is looked upon with 

 loving eyes and watched with careful tenderness, as a 

 probable future money-mill in the shape of a successful 

 stallion, or the winner of substantial money prizes at 

 the agricultural shows. 



There is not one in fifty that fulfils the hopes so 

 centred on him by his owner, and, when he becomes a 

 raw and ugly yearling, or a comparatively worthless two- 

 year-old, the veterinary surgeon may treat him without 

 anxiety. Still, as a foal he is an unworked gold-mine. 

 He is regarded as such by his owner, and, as a conse- 

 quence, his case must be treated with every solicitude by 

 the veterinarian. 



Paiadoxical though it may appear, the treatment of 

 ' colic ' pains in foals is both simple and difficult. It is 

 simple in that the best remedies are those usually affected 



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