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SPASMODIC COLIC IN A HORSE. 
any consequence was the obstinate constipation of the 
bowels. 
6 p.m. — He is easier, looks “tattered and torn,” but eats 
a little mash and drinks freely. He is, however, still restless 
in his stall, but does not attempt to lie down. 
14th. — Has had one evacuation of the bowels during the 
night. Is in all other respects decidedly improved. Gave 
the following in a ball : 
J$> Pulv. Aloes, 5j ; 
„ Gentian, $ij ; 
morning and night. Continue mashes, with potatoes or carrots, 
and a moderate quantity of hay. 
15th. — Still improving ; ordered warm clothing and walk- 
ing exercise, and continued diet and medicine morning and 
night as before. 
16th. — Faeces pultaceous, and all the symptoms relieved. 
Continue to give the aloes and gentian morning and night, 
and allow a more liberal diet. 
Pursuing this treatment for about ten days, the result 
was highly satisfactory : still the cuticle continued to decay, 
and, with the hair, to fall off from almost all parts of the 
body, excepting the mane and tail and the lower portions of 
the extremities. Having never before seen a case of this 
extreme character, I consulted two medical gentlemen of 
this city, who rank very high in their treatment of diseases 
of the skin of the human subject. They visited my patient 
with me, and took home, for examination with the micro- 
scope, a portion of the hair. One of them gave me the 
opinion contained in the enclosed note. They inquired the 
treatment I had adopted. I answered, that as the bowels 
had been restored to a healthy action, I had for several days 
previous given arsenic, in doses of five grains, morning and 
night, increasing the dose two grains a day, i. e., one 
morning and one night, combining it with vegetable tonics, 
and allowing a liberal diet. They approved of the treat- 
ment ; but Dr. Durkee recommended that the surface of the 
body be washed with an alkaline sulphuret, and suggested 
the following : 
5© Potass. Sulplmret., ^ij ; 
Aquse, 1 cong. Solve. 
To be applied with a brush. This was done, and in a 
few r days my patient looked something like a scalded pig; 
the body being almost denuded of hair, excepting the ears, 
mane, and tail, and the lower portions of the extremities. I 
