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afterwards, I thought we might make the case more secure by giv- 
ing another dose of medicine. I dissolved a pound of sulphate of 
magnesia in water, and gave it out of a bottle. She coughed, 
heaved violently at the flanks, and was much distressed ; but, think- 
ing that this would pass off, I left her. I called again the next time 
that I passed that way, and was told that she died in about half an 
hour after I was gone. 
Case TV. — In December last, I was called upon to attend a valu- 
able cart-horse belonging to Mr. Heldier, of Carrington Barns. He 
had colic, and for which they had given a solution of common salt 
and nitre. I found him in the most pitiable condition — the perspi- 4 
ration streaming from every pore. I could distinctly hear the fluid 
gurgling in the bronchial tubes. The pulse was 90. I commenced the 
most active treatment as for pneumonia, but in twenty-four hours 
Mr. Heldier’s best horse fell a victim to that abominable drench. 
The post-mortem examination shewed the most intense inflamma- 
tion through the whole substance of the lungs. They were as red 
as scarlet, probably from the effect of the nitre : the air-tubes were 
filled with bloody frothy mucus, and which ran from the nose as the 
horse lay on the ground. 
I could multiply these cases to a fearful extent. One, in particular, 
occurs to my recollection in my own immediate neighbourhood. 
The horse had been treated for inflammation of the bowels. Physic 
had been given, and drenches of gruel every two hours, in order to 
promote its operation. The horse was dead before I saw him. I 
was requested to examine him. The disease of the bowels had 
been completely removed, but there was extensive inflammation of 
the air passages of the lungs, produced by this excessive drenching. 
None of the cases which I have now related are much more than a 
twelvemonth old. 
Cows seem to die sooner from the effect of drinks than does the 
horse. I have heard of several that have dropped, and almost in- 
stantly died. 
A CASE OF LACERATION OF THE TONGUE. 
By Mr. Horsburgh. 
A HORSE belonging to A. Grey, Esq., refused his food. His lips 
were very much swelled, and his tongue considerably protruded 
from the mouth. On examining the mouth, I discovered that the 
tongue was cut nearly through. It was hanging by a portion of 
the under surface not more than half an inch wide, and seemed as 
if it were ready to fall from the mouth. I had the horse properly 
