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particularly to equalising the temperature of the body and ex¬ 
tremities. Luckily, we had several condemned blankets 
with us at the time. These I tore up, and well bandaged 
the legs, which proved very advantageous. Of course, on 
service you could not be expected to carry about bandages 
sufficient for fifty horses, a number at one time we had sick. 
Mr. Spooner, in his work on ‘ Influenza/ recommends, I 
believe, small doses of nitric ether, two to four drachms to 
be given for a dose. Surely this must be too small a quan¬ 
tity for a horse. Nitric ether is undoubtedly a good agent 
when you have the coadjutants of warm clothing and a 
stable, but I doubt if it would do much good when given to 
a horse on an open plain, or in the hovels you often meet 
with in England. The preferable mode of treatment unques¬ 
tionably consists in the exhibition of laxatives and diffusible 
stimulants, but unless you have proper stables and clothing, 
I say again all is useless, and merely a waste of medicine. 
Now, under the disadvantageous circumstances you often 
find yourself in, blistering is the sheet anchor; and this not 
once but again and again. As soon as the action of one 
has subsided, and the throat still remains sore, apply your 
agent again, then give a laxative, either in the form of a ball 
or draught. Under the circumstances detailed, I do not 
believe that all the sudorifics, diffusible stimulants, seda¬ 
tives, &c., in the pharmacopoeia could have hastened con¬ 
valescence one day. 
AN EXTRAORDINARY LARGE CALCULUS FOUND 
IN THE CiECUM OF A HORSE. 
By J. Austen, M.R.C.Y.S., Exeter. 
Feb. 6th, 1859-—I was this morning requested to attend 
a horse, the property of Mr. Upright, miller, Exeter. The 
animal exhibited great uneasiness, frequently looking around 
him in a wild and undescribable manner, and towards his 
flanks, and occasionally colicy pains were experienced. Being- 
informed that the horse had not dunged during the night, 
I gave— 
ipt 01. Lini, ; 
Aloes, 5ij ; 
Magnes. Sulph., 5iij; 
Sp. Ether Nit., ^iss, in haustus. 
Ordered injections of warm water to be thrown up every 
