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FOREIGN ROBIES FOUND IN THE 
now collected into a perfect system, and connect with it a 
terminology that will not only apply to the past and present 
knowledge of physiologists, but to whatever future discoveries 
may be made in this rich and inexhaustible field of inquiry.” 
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Foreign Bodies found in the Stomach and small 
Intestines of a Horse. 
By M. Blavette, M.V. 
An Andalousian horse, eight years old, with white hair 
beautifully spotted with black, of good figure, but lazy, refusing 
even the lightest work, was in the stables of Joseph Napoleon, 
at Madrid. He fed badly, and often had a depraved appetite 
• — he was a notorious cribbiter — neither the manger nor the rack, 
nor the fragments of the bars escaped him — he gnawed his halter, 
and licked the walls, and ate up all the earth he could get at, 
and was a confirmed roarer. It was often in agitation to get rid 
of him, and he was only kept on account of his beautiful form 
and the peculiarity of his colour, which singularly coincided 
with that of another horse in the same stables: in fact, he was 
of no use to us except on days of unusual parade and ceremony. 
During many years he was periodically attacked by violent 
colics, which lasted several hours, and which were becoming 
more and more frequent in their recurrence. He was often sent 
to the infirmary on this account, and subjected to the proper 
treatment and regimen ; but no sooner did he return to his 
ordinary food, than the colicky pains also returned. 
These periodical attacks led me conjecture that there was some 
derangement of the alimentary canal, or of the urinary organs. 
I therefore adopted the following mode of treatment. From an 
ounce and a half to three ounces of sulphuric ether were admi- 
nistered in a weak vinous mixture, or in a mucilaginous drink 
which I sometimes used. An infusion of the common chamomile 
( Camomille Romaine), to which were added two or three drachms 
of camphor dissolved in sulphuric ether, generally produced a 
calm. At other times the etherial oils were useful, and sapona- 
ceous lotions. When these means were without effect, I had 
recourse to laudanum, either in a mucilaginous drink or an 
infusion of chamomile. When the belly was swelled, I gave 
ether and ammonia in suitable drinks. To all these means were 
added injections, friction, walking exercise, sweating exercise, 
vapour-baths, sedative applications, covering with sheepskins, &c. 
