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STRANGULATED HERNIA. 
suffering from rabies. He wounded the iiorse on the nostril, 
making a longitudinal incision through the skin, which bled 
freely, and for a considerable time after. To the wound I 
applied Argent. Nitras, and the following morning adminis¬ 
tered to the horse a brisk dose of purgative medicine, which 
in due time acted freely. In the course of four or five days 
after, the wound had assumed a healthy appearance, and on 
constitutional symptoms occurring to prevent the animaFs 
resuming work, I discharged him. 
He was again admitted on August 26th, evincing much 
anxiety of countenance, saliva flowing from the mouth, 
grinding of the teeth, and pupils of the eyes dilated. I im¬ 
mediately administered purgative medicine, and ordered him 
to be kept undisturbed. The following morning the medi¬ 
cine was operating freely, but he had been very restless the 
previous night, and was constantly neighing, the noise 
resembling much the bark of a dog. Administered a large 
dose of Pulv. Opii. 
27th.—A great unwillingness to take water was manifested. 
28th.—He would not allow any one to approach him. 
He bit the manger and anything that was in contact with 
him. The saliva still flowed freely, and he was constantly 
neighing. As he had bit the syce on the hand, it was 
deemed dangerous to keep him alive, therefore he was shot 
in the stall. 
ON STRANGULATED HERNIA. 
By the Same. 
We lose annuall}" a large per-centage of horses in this 
country from strangulated hernia. 1 have noticed in some 
of your numbers communications on the subject, alluding to 
the successful treatment of the same by practitioners in 
India. I, how'ever, have my doubts whether many of the 
cases quoted have been those of strangulation of the intestine, 
for had such been the fact gangrene would occur in a very 
few hours. Moreover, it is a questionable point if there are 
practitioners, here or elsewhere, who can diagnose hernia by 
the first symptoms, they being primarily analogous to an 
ordinary case of colic, although very marked in the latter 
stages. Manipulation, &c., reads well theoretically, but is 
often at fault practically. My own experience during nearly 
four years in Calcutta, and having operated in numerous 
