SPASMODIC COLIC IN A HORSE. 
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Blisters, rowels, and setons, I have not seen the use of in 
any of the above cases, unless the lungs suffer much, when 
a few ounces of the oil-blister have been employed; but as 
directly applied for the paralytic affection they are valueless. 
A liberal diet, kind treatment, good nursing, and the 
medical treatment in consonance, are the only curative 
means for this form of paralysis. 
From among between thirty and forty cases that have 
occurred within the last ten weeks, one was immediately 
put out of his misery, on account of extreme age and emacia- 
tion. The mare already mentioned, was not meddled 
w ith. All the rest are either at work, or turned into straw- 
yards, doing well. 
A CASE OF SPASMODIC COLIC IN A HORSE, 
FOLLOWED BY SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA 
AND DESQUAMATION OF THE CUTICLE AND 
HAIR. 
By C. M. Wood, M.D., V.S., Boston, Massachusetts. 
December 4th, 1855, at 3 o’clock p.m., I w r as called to 
visit a horse belonging to Tower, Davis, and Co., flour and 
grain dealers in this city. On entering the stable, my atten- 
tion was directed to a bay team-horse, which I recognised 
as having been the subject of several previous attacks of colic. 
His age was seven years and he was in high condition, i. e. fat. 
Upon examination, the following symptoms were present : 
He was standing in his stall with the hind extremities ad- 
vanced under the body, as if going to lie down. This, after se- 
veralattempts, he would do,butquicklyriseagain. Occasionally 
he pawed and looked back to his sides, first to one and then 
the other. Pulse 46, soft and full ; the visible mucous 
surfaces slightly injected ; the bowels constipated ; the belly 
tucked up. 
In answer to my inquiries, the teamster informed me that 
he had eaten his noon feed as usual, within the previous 
hour, and had drank heartily immediately after it ; but when 
taken from the stable for his afternoon’s work, he was sud- 
denly seized with pain. He then began pawing, lying down, 
rolling upon his back, and suddenly rising again ; he 
would then remain quiet for a few minutes, w T hen the 
paroxysms would be renewed. He further said that, for 
