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Case II .—A six-year-old stallion, suffering- from constipa¬ 
tion and colic, having received io.o gramms of barium chlo¬ 
ride per os, developed symptoms similar to those of Case I; 
viz: acceleration of pulse and respiration, marked swelling 
of the limbs, the oedema within 24 hours extending to chest 
and abdomen, but disappearing again as in the former case 
after a few days rest, the patient during all this time having 
given one the impression that he had been stalled too long. 
The oedema, coming on after the administration of the 
barium chloride and disappearing in both instances after the 
drug had had time to be eliminated, must therefore be traced 
to the action of the salt. Axiologically considered, these 
inflammatory manifestations are probably the indirect results 
ol a paralysis of both the motor and sensory nerves, which 
paralysis is in turn primarily produced by the marked cir¬ 
culatory disturbances which the drug produces, and which 
were so noticeable in both instances. 
In conclusion, one must not let these concomitant effects 
of the drug detract from its value, inasmuch as they are only 
temporarv and not serious. Regarded in the light of my ex¬ 
perience, it is a remedy worthy of the highest praise.— Berl. 
Thierarzt Woch. 
Statistics upon the Treatment of Colic with Ba¬ 
rium chloride. —Of 51 cases of colic treated (from July 15th 
to August 15th, 1895) with barium chloride in Prof. D.’s clinic 
at Berlin, 6 died; the causes of death are such as were 
amenable to no therapeutic resources, viz.: either twistings 
or rupture of the gut. 
In addition to these cases, of 163 cases treated from Aug. 
15th to Dec. 31st, 1895, at the same clinic, 5 died immediately 
after entering the hospital, before any treatment could be re¬ 
sorted to; of the remaining 158 cases of acute colic, 19 were 
treated with sulphate of physostigmine with a mortality of 3, 
and a recovery of 16; the causes of death were volvulus of 
the jejunum and twisting of the large colon. The remaining 
139 were treated with the intra-venous injection of barium 
chloride. I must insist that in these 139 cases of acute colic, 
barium chloride alone with no other adun cts was employed. 
Of the 139 treated only 12 died, the fatal outcome being due 
to the following causes; ( a ) Twisting upon its axis of the 
colon in 7 instances, (b) Volvulus of the jejunum in two in¬ 
stances. (c) Incarceration of the jejunum in an abnormal 
opening of the great omentum in one instance, (d) Incar¬ 
ceration of a loop of the small intestine into the foramen of 
