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Did intus-susception exist in this case, and did the bowel right 
itself under the relaxing influence of the chloroform ] Whether 
so or not, my impression is that the horse was saved by the above 
agent, all other remedies having completely failed to afford the 
slightest relief. 
I have employed chloroform many times since it was introduced 
for surgical operations, and with invariable success. In a case of 
traumatic tetanus treated with it I was unsuccessful ; I was 
called in late : but still the effects produced were such as to lead 
me to hope under more favourable circumstances — should I meet 
with a case — that the result would be otherwise. 
Of aether, as an anesthetic, I know but little practically, never 
having used it but once. A spaniel bitch of my own had its eye 
thrust out of the orbit : how the accident occurred I know not, but, 
at the time my attention was called to it, it had evidently been 
done some hours. The conjunctiva covering the anterior part of the 
eye was much injected ; the muscles inserted in the posterior part 
of the organ were swollen and intensely inflamed, the palpebrae 
being spasmodically closed upon them. I attempted to reduce it 
by drawing the lids asunder, and gently pushing the eye back with 
my finger placed on the cornea : but the resistance offered, and the 
pain the poor animal suffered, rendered this impossible. Not 
having any chloroform at the time, she was made to inhale aether 
vapour. She struggled violently during the inhalation, and made 
a sad howling noise, but was soon fully under its influence, when 
the eye was returned without difficulty. A dose of calomel and a 
lead lotion completed the treatment, and all was well in a few days, 
her vision being fully restored. 
I am, Sir, 
Respectfully your’s. 
DISINFECTION OF STABLES. 
By J. W. Gloag, V.S. 11 th Hussars. 
To the Editor of “ The Veterinarian .” 
Sir, — I herewith send you a paper on the Scab in Sheep, 
which has been translated from the German by Dr. Whiting, of 
Hull, and published in the “ Lynn Advertiser,” which, I think, 
will interest the readers of The VETERINARIAN. 
On perusing the last number of your Journal, I was much 
pleased with your remarks on the use of peat charcoal as a disin- 
fectant. It strikes me that we have very much neglected to use 
