A CASE OF VOMITION IN A MAKE. 
315 
use; and its use has begotten the idea of its propriety. It is im¬ 
possible to lay down any rule as to comparative doses ; but we 
confess it to be our firm opinion, that while in cattle a larger dose 
will not produce the inflammation and superpurgation which are 
so often fatal in the horse, a smaller dose will generally have the 
desired effect. 
To the administration of aloes to cattle we are not partial, ex¬ 
cept in cases like that which came under Mr. C/s treatment. 
We have seen occasional mischief caused by this drug. As a 
mild, and perfectly safe aperient, we have sulphur, in doses of eight 
or ten ounces. As a stronger purgative in cases of inflammation, 
the Epsom salts, in doses of from fourteen to twenty ounces, will 
seldom fail, and never do harm. 
Edit. 
A CASE OF VOMITION IN A MARE. 
By Mr. W. Baker, V. S., Sudbury . 
On the26th of March last, Mr. Offord of Waldingfield, re¬ 
quested me to attend a mare, which he stated had the gripes. 
I saw her at eight o’clock in the morning, two hours after the first 
attack, and found her in great distress. She had been rolling 
very much till within the last twenty-five minutes, when she be¬ 
gan vomiting copiously, and was prevented again lying down 
by the men leading her about the yard and road, the mare con¬ 
tinuing, every four or five minutes, to eject a large quantity from 
her stomach, which flowed through both nostrils. Her pulse was 
60, not full nor strong: she was in a perspiration, but not violent. 
The owner had taken two quarts of blood from her before I ar¬ 
rived. I immediately dissolved 3 iii of opium in half a pint of 
hot water, and as soon as cool, gave a third by the mouth, and 
the remainder, with the addition of a little w r ater, as a clyster, 
both of which were retained, and the mare appeared immediately 
easier, not attempting to lie down; nor did she again vomit, 
although she made occasional efforts, by drawing in her neck, &c. 
As the treatment had so decided an effect, I repeated it at the 
end of an hour, after which I left the mare standing with her 
head over the crib, with one of her hind legs extended as far be¬ 
hind her as it was possible to put it; and in this position sha 
remained near three hours, not moving the least, not so much as 
to draw up the extended limb (I merely mention this to show' the 
effect produced by the second opiate, or rather by both combined). 
Upon a sudden the mare turned round, appeared animated, and 
looked for food, which I at present prohibited, only allowing her 
