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THE SUPPOSED EFFECT OF THE EXHIBITION OF 
TURPENTINE IN COLIC. 
By Mr. Spencer, Royal Scots Greys. 
A short time since I was requested to see a mare, the pro- 
perty of Mr. Chambre, of Hawthorn Hill, in this neighbourhood. 
I was informed that, five days previous, she had been attacked 
with spasmodic colic, from which she was relieved by a dose of 
ol. tereb. and ol. ricin. : but immediately afterwards, and up to 
the time of my visit to her, she had passed with her urine a 
considerable quantity of coagulated blood. Finding her in an 
exceedingly weak state, and learning that venesection had al- 
ready been tried without the least apparent benefit, I did not 
venture to adopt a repetition of that treatment ; but suspecting 
the rupture of a vessel, I considered my only course was to 
try the effect of some sedative and styptic preparation ; and with 
this view, I directed half a drachm of the acetate of lead and 
tinct. opii two drachms, with a little water, to be given as a 
drench night and morning. This was persevered in for a week, 
with evident improvement. The lead was then gradually in- 
creased to nearly double the quantity, and given for ten days 
longer, at which time all unfavourable symptoms disappeared. 
There has been no return of hsemorrhage for the last fortnight, 
and the mare is now recovering her condition. 
Perhaps, Mr. Editor, you or some of your readers will kindly 
favour me with your opinion, as to whether you consider the 
abovementioned symptoms might have been occasioned by the 
stimulating effects of the turpentine (which they say was only 
^ij) upon the urinary organs; or whether you consider it to have 
occurred from the lesion of a vessel. 
A KILL OR CURE REMEDY FOR TETANUS. 
“ If ignorance be bliss, ’tis folly to be wise.” 
In country practice we often meet with persons possessing the 
most absurd notions relative to the treatment of the diseases of 
animals. A few weeks since I was requested to attend a fine 
young mare in my neighbourhood, labouring under influenza, 
when the proprietor related to me the following case of a horse 
of his that was attacked with tetanus about two years before, 
when there was no professional man in the neighbourhood. 
A farrier was sent for, and one of great skill in the estimation 
of some of the old farmers in the neighbourhood. He came, 
