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HAY TEA RECOMMENDED. 
To the Editor of “ The Veterinarian 
Sir,—I AM not aware whether it is generally known that 
hay tea is an excellent restorative for sick horses. I have 
been in the habit of using it for some years past, and can speak 
of it in the highest terms. Horses are generally very fond of 
it, and will drink it when they will not take any other nourish¬ 
ment. It seems to invigorate, and help to bring on a healthy 
tone of action in the system. I have known horses drink three 
or four pailsful a day for several days together, and do well, 
although they have taken no other sustenance. 
The way I order it to be made is this :—Pick out a large 
handful of good sweet clover hay; put it into a pail, and pour a 
gallon of boiling water upon it. Cover it up, and let it stand 
for an hour or two ; then strain off the liquor into another pail^ 
and fill the latter up with cold water, when it will be fit for use. 
I am, Sir, your’s truly, 
John Brown, V.S. 
23, Whitefriar’s-street, Fleet-street, 
Feb. 13, 1852. 
A DOUBTFUL CASE. 
Veterinary Establishment, Dangannon, 
13th February, 1852. 
Sir,—O n Saturday last, the 7th inst., I was requested, by 
Mr. G. M‘C-, to examine the dead carcass of a bay 
horse that had died the day before. 
Appearance of the Abdomen. —The csecum and colon 
in a high state of inflammation; the under surface of both quite 
black ; the mucous lining of a pale green colour. The small 
intestines more or less inflamed throughout, but not to the extent 
of the large. The liver was quite green, and studded over 
every part with small abscesses containing pus, a portion of 
which was white, and the remainder as yellow as turmeric. 
The villous coat of the stomach slightly inflamed, with the 
exception of a spot about the size of a crown piece, which was 
quite black. Kidneys pale. The abdomen contained several 
gallons of bloody-coloured serum. The csecum was attached to the 
peritoneum at the place it usually occupies; and the peritoneum 
