REPORTS OF CASES. 
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REPORTS OF CASES. 
ENTERARGIA AND GASTRARGIA. 
By Bryer H. Pendry, D.V.S., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
I was called in to see a medium-sized driving horse, about ten 
years old, said to be suffering from colic, on January 4th, and 
received the following history : The horse had been working 
along as usual with no indication of any trouble until the 
night previous; fed him that night and next morning ; no¬ 
ticed that he was uneasy, getting up and down repeatedly, 
biting his flanks, foaming and showing signs of general pain, 
but persistently lying upon the left side. Kxamination re¬ 
vealed nothing in particular, except evidence of pain upon 
pressure over the region of the flanks, but was informed that 
the animal always had been touchy at that point; noticed a 
[ marked swelling along the superior cervical verterbra, as if the 
animal had been hit or had bruised himself,, but there was no 
sensitiveness upon pressure. No elevation of temperature 
whatsoever. Bowels in perfect order. In fact, frequent and of 
a nice medium consistency. Pulse very weak and quick. At 
times the animal was perfectly easy, and then again showing 
signs of extreme pain. 
Put the patient at once under drachm doses of the fluid ex¬ 
tract of cannabis indica, with no appreciable benefit. Intermit¬ 
tent improvement only, which continued for one week. All 
this time the animal was eating very little ; in fact almost 
nothing. 
O n II ^ 1 we had a consultation with a neighboring 
practitioner, with no very satisfactory result. Course of treat¬ 
ment was now changed to fl. ext. belladonna, in two-drachm 
doses, for twenty-four hours, and patient showed marked signs 
of improvement, as far as controlling the pain, but onlv while 
under large doses of the drug. 
On the 12th we had a consultation with another veterina¬ 
rian, and after a most careful examination decided that we had 
a case of intestinal neuralgia with recommendation of a con¬ 
tinuation of same medicine, but of course in smaller, continued, 
doses. 
All this time the animal had been eating nothing, and at 
last tried boiled ground flaxseed, when the animal seemed to 
start in to take some nourishment, he having gone nearly ten 
days with hardly anything to eat, and several times during 
this period the pulse would seem to stand still, and at no time 
