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ing with his hind feet, and scraping the litter with his fore ones* 
I now saw the danger was increasing; and, right or wrong, 
gave him a large draught of tinct. opii cum spt. aether, nit. in a 
little warm water. This acted like a charm, the animal being 
almost immediately relieved, and continuing to be so; though 
still he remained dull, hung down his head, and refused his 
food ; while the visible mucous membranes still continued of a 
florid red colour. Not having his owner to answer our call, I 
deemed it advisable to let him know in what state the horse 
was; but, as he resided at a distance of sixteen or seventeen 
miles, and it was getting late in the evening, it was not without 
some difficulty we could obtain a person to undertake the 
journey; however, we did meet with one, and to our satisfaction. 
After having instructed him what to say, as well as to request 
the owner to bring his own veterinary surgeon back with him, 
if he thought proper, he started off on his journey, nor was he 
late in bringing the owner to the place. But, alas! when he 
did come, instead of complimenting us for our kindness, he began 
by remarking, he thought we had been too hasty, and needed 
not to have sent for him. Thus, I saw I had been reckoning 
without my host. He next inquired how we had been treating 
him. To which I replied, I had done what I deemed necessary 
until I had consulted him, or received further orders, or other¬ 
wise had been dismissed from my office. He now sent for a 
bottle of oil, and remarked, we ought to have given a bottle of 
castor oil in the first place; he always did so, and always 
succeeded. He threw up an injection, and finished with some 
minor operations. After witnessing these proceedings, I con¬ 
sidered the patient out of my care, and so I gave him to under¬ 
stand it was my intention to leave the animal entirely to his own 
care; and, as we were strangers to each other, he had better call 
in some other advice, my opinion being, that the horse’s re¬ 
covery, to say the least of it, was very doubtful. To which he 
replied, he “ never employed any doctors,” or “ ever lost a 
horse in his life.” fn this manner I left, and considered myself 
vindicated in doing so. 
2 5th .—At mid-day, my friend called upon me again, and 
requested that I would re-visit the horse, as he had got much 
worse since I left. To this I made objection, for the reasons 
above stated; but after a little coaxing, I submitted, and went. 
On arriving at the place, hearing the statement of the owner, 
the apology he appeared to make, together with the freedom with 
which he placed the animal under my care, 1 again undertook to 
attend upon him. On viewing my patient, I soon saw that all his 
former symptoms had re-appeared, and with redoubled violence, 
except that the colicky pains were not so severe. 
