ALOES AND GENTIAN. 
63 
H. M. 15 th Hussars. 
Date of 
Troops and 
Cause of 
Medicine, 
Quantity 
Whether or 
Admission. 
Number. 
Admission. 
when given. 
of each. 
not Purged. 
Sept. 18 
F 1614 
Ulcer 
Sept. 21 
4 drs. aloes 
Not purged. 
» tt 
E 536 
Lame 
19 11 
tt tt 
11 
» » 
A 1686 
Lame 
11 11 
it tt 
11 
»> tt 
G 1701 
Bite wound 
11 11 
„ each 
11 
11 11 
G 1389 
Bite wound 
11 11 
11 11 
11 
» 21 
B 1613 
Lame 
,t 23 
5 drs. aloes 
Purged 
„ 22 
F 1620 
Lame 
it tt 
19 11 
E. I. C. Troop Horse Artillery. 
Sept. 23 
1 E 42 1 
Sore withers 
1 Sept. 25 
|5 drs. aloes 
I Purged 
tt » 1 
E 71 
Bruised sole 
1 19 11 
1 tt ft 
tt 
H. M. 15 th Hussars. 
Sept. 24 
G 1512 
Lame 
Sept. 26 
5 drs. aloes 
Purged 
» tt 
H 736 
Lame 
tt it 
11 11 
11 
» » 
Lord Compton’s 
Lame 
11 91 
11 11 
Slightly 
tt tt 
E 1392 
Catarrh 
99 19 
drs. each 
Purged 
ft tt 
E 1596 
Wound 
If 91 
11 11 
Slightly 
tt tt 
D 1602 
Eruptions 
11 11 
11 11 
Purged 
tt 27 
A 1244 
Overreach 
tt 29 
5 drs. aloes 
11 
tt tt 
B 1660 
Ulcer on tail 
11 11 
19 11 
11 
ABSTRACT. 
9 horses had 3 drachms each of Aloes and Gentian 
. 1 purged 
17 
11 
H 
f> 
11 11 
• 6 „ 
2 
11 
4 
11 
11 11 • • 
. none purged 
3 
11 
3 
„ 
of Aloes only 
• 11 11 
11 
11 
3£ 
11 
11 • • * • 
. 6 purged 
3 
11 
4 
11 
11 • • • • 
. none purged 
3 
11 
4* 
11 
of Aloes and Gentian each 
. all purged 
9 
11 
5 
11 
of Aloes only 
• 11 
Ergo drachms of Gentian is equal to £ a drachm of Aloes, 5 drachms being 
the ordinary dose. 
Bangalore; 
October 8, 1852. 
J. Western, V.S. Horse Artillery ; 
In Veterinary charge H. M. 15th Hussars. 
*** The above account has evidently been kept with great 
care and attention ; we can confirm it so far as our own trials 
have gone. Of 12 horses to whom we gave Aloes with Gen- 
tian, in doses of ^iij each, 5 only purged ; and of 12 others to 
whom was given the same dose of Aloes without Gentian, 
3 purged ; of the former, in 2 the ball took no effect ; of the 
latter, in 4 it had no effect. This tells in favour of the Gen- 
