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5th.—The bowels are acted on, but not violently, and the 
colt is decidedly better. 
R Aloes Bbd., Xij: 
Hyd. Chlor., 5J ; . . 
Spit. Etii. Nit., ^jj i n haustus. 
6th.—The colt much better, and has a greater use of his 
limbs. Keep the bowels in a soluble state by the occasional 
exhibition of the draught last ordered. 
10th.—The animal having continued to improve since the 
last report, 1 now entered upon a course of tonics, combining 
with them a diffusible stimulant. 
12th.—The colt has now become very much better, and 
the weather being open, I rubbed some of the Ung. Canthar. 
over the whole course of the spine, and turned him out, 
during the morning and afternoon, to grass ; at the same 
time I ordered him to be liberally fed. 
13th.—The loss of power in the limbs has now almost 
disappeared, and the colt is doing so well that I have ceased 
calling to see him. 
CASE OF PUNCTURED LUNGS OF A HORSE. 
By A. Owles, Y.S., the Carabineers, Muttra. 
The following case appears to me to prove how great are 
the powers of nature in restoring injured parts, even when 
the injury is both extensive and in a vital organ. 
I send onlv a short account, as the minute detail of the 
symptoms and treatment would be simply waste of time for 
all parties. 
PUNCTURED LUNGS. 
June 11th, 1859.—A young troop-horse, in high condition, 
ran back from the syce (native groom) and became entangled 
in his heel-ropes. These go from the hind legs to a peg, 
and by them the hind legs are fastened. He fell backwards, 
his side coming on the top of the peg, wdiich stands out of 
the ground about ten inches, and is tw T o inches in diameter, 
and fractured the eighth rib, rather less than half w 7 ay up. 
The peg perforated the parietes of the chest, and entered the 
lung, and looked as if it had been saturated with blood for 
five inches from the top, the other part being simply spotted 
in places w ith blood. 
