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part of the thorax inflamed; the left lung engorged with black blood, 
and throughout the thick portion of it indurated and hepatized. 
The absence of water in the chest accounts for the embarrassed 
respiration, although the right lung was emphysematous, similar 
to a broken- winded horse, which circumstance, one would suppose, 
would have caused quick breathing. — It is with feelings of regret 
that I record my surprise that an old-established M.R.C.V.S. 
should make so slight a matter of so desperate a case, and that he 
did not observe ordinary courtesy, and, much more, professional 
etiquette, in not wishing to consult me when he was called in : had 
he done so, I doubt not but that he would have arrived at a dif- 
ferent conclusion respecting the case. 
One word about ol. ricini : — My experience, as well as that of 
many other professional friends, has convinced me that it is a safe 
and valuable laxative or purgative both in horse and cattle prac- 
tice. I never knew any ill effects result from its judicious admi- 
nistration. In May last I met with a case of puerperal fever in a 
cow, which was cured by two bloodlettings, the exhibition of a 
quart of ol. ricini, §ij of Barbadoes aloes (which purged her well), 
and stimulating applications to the spine, &c. I could recite many 
cases where ol. ricini has had the best effects ; small doses in cos- 
tiveness, and large doses in constipation of the intestines. 
I am, Mr. Editor, 
Your’s respectfully. 
To the Editor of The Veterinarian. 
THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF CHLOROFORM IN 
BOWEL AFFECTION, TETANUS, AND 
OPERATIONS. 
By W. GARRARD, V.S., Ticknall, Derby. 
To the Editor of “ The Veterinarian .” 
Sir, — SHOULD you deem the following case worth a place in 
The Veterinarian, it is much at your service. 
June 19*4, 1848. — I was requested by the Rev. J. Smith, of 
Repton, to attend immediately a horse attacked with colic. He 
was a half-bred bay gelding, four years old, of rather irritable 
temperament, and had never done any work except his breaking. 
This was the third time I had attended him within two months 
