A REMEDY FOR COLIC. 
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the wound ; though, towards the end of the nineteen days, 
he could pass much more than escaped. The wound healed 
very rapidly; for on the nineteenth day there was only just 
room to pass the stomach tube without doing violence to the 
parts, and I thought I should on the following day have to 
pass the tube by the mouth ; but at five o’clock, a.m., on 
the following morning, the groom came to me, saying, “ the 
horse with the bad throat” was in great pain, throwing 
himself violently about in all directions. I went to his 
box, and found him in a dying state. He died ten minutes 
after. 
Post-mortem. — I found extensive inflammation of the bowels 
to have been the cause of death. I carefully examined the 
wound, and found the divided edges of the oesophagus con- 
tracted, and reunited except for about one inch. The wound 
was doing well, and would- have completely healed had the horse 
lived a fortnight longer . The sac was, however, still very 
large, very irregular, and with only traces of its proper 
surrounding muscular tissue. The muscles around were in 
about the same condition as when I operated. 
In conclusion, I think any impartial observer may come 
to the conclusion, that a wound in the oesophagus may and will 
heal as readily as other wounds . But I should like to ask the 
same observer the question — If, supposing the animal had 
lived until the incision had been healed, the cure would 
have been perfect? I have no hesitation in answering, No! 
When I regard the serious and extensive disorganisation 
which had been going on during such a long period, the 
vast importance of the parts, and their peculiar office, I feel 
quite convinced that, had the horse survived until the wound 
had been perfectly healed, he would have been very little, if 
at all, benefited by the operation. The sac would have been 
diminished for a time, but the muscular investing tunic of 
the oesophagus could never have become restored to its former 
substance, or have regained its lost function. 
A REMEDY FOR COLIC. 
To the Editor of ‘ The Veterinarian .’ 
Sir, — Having so many valuable recipes for the cure of 
colic, it may seem to be an act of supererogation to desire 
you to place the following on a page of e The Veterinarian / 
