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REPORTS OF CASES. 
The farmer’s wife had placed one-half pound of Paris green, 
done up in a paper parcel, on the bed of a wagon, and the far¬ 
mer had tied his horse to the wheel, with the result that he came 
back in time to take a small piece of the paper from the mare’s 
month and wash out a small quantity of the poison. She had 
eaten everything else, even the string that was around the pack¬ 
age. Owner had given about four quarts of milk, half pound of 
lard, and eight eggs. . 
We found animal very uneasy, pawing with front teet, champ¬ 
ing jaws, frothing at mouth, and a wild anxious look about her 
eyes; temperature up one degree, pulse sixty, hurried respira¬ 
tions, evidently suffering from very great gastric irritation. We 
gave one-half pound carbonate of iron in a pint of lmseed oil, 
and subcutaneously an injection of morphine, ten grains. In 
half an hour gave another injection of morphine, five grains, and 
then left, after ordering carbonate of iron, one-quaiter of pound, 
in pint of oil, every hour. This was about ten A. M. At three 
p. m. again visited animal; pulse 120, respirations 100, no change 
in temperature. Administered morphine sulphate, five grains, 
subcutaneously, and fl. ext. belladonna, two drams, per orem, and 
repeated morphine injections about every half hour, also continu¬ 
ing to give oil, milk, eggs, etc., at different intervals, until twelve 
that night, when pain left the stomach and went to the intes¬ 
tines 5 animal persistently refused water and passed no fteces, 
but urinated freely during this time. At 1 A. M., pulse 120, 
very weak and indistinct, respirations 100, staggering gait, and 
animal acted as if blind. Administered belladonna and digitalis 
with intravenous injection of barium chloride, fifteen grains; m 
a few minutes patient passed a quantity of faeces, at 2 A. M. re¬ 
peated above treatment; animal passed more faeces ; which were 
hig hly colored by carbonate of iron. Animal commenced to get 
easier and drank some water. At 6 p. m. animal was much 
better; pulse 60, respirations 40. I then left, after. ordering 
stimulants to be given, and asked owner to call me if animal 
got worse. Seven days later owner was in town, and said he 
had turned the mare out to pasture and she seemed in her usual 
health. . , 
I used the carbonate of iron simply because it was the nearest 
preparation to the peroxide we could get at the time. Altogether 
there was administered to the patient two pounds carbonate 0 
iron, one dram morphine sulphate, four quarts linseed oil, be¬ 
sides milk, eggs, etc. 
