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In conclusion, my experience with this agent has been 
highly satisfactory to me, and I could name many more cases 
where I attribute the sole cause of recovery to it. Let me 
urge all who have not given it a thorough trial to do so, and 
from those to whom it is familiar I should be pleased to hear 
the results-of their experience. 
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PELVIC HERNIA—CONSTIPATION—ABNORMAL POSITION AS¬ 
SUMED BY THE PATIENT—DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF 
THIS SYMPTOM. 
By Me. T. Brissot. 
Referring to the fact that it is not uncommon to see horses 
suffering with colics assume the dog-sitting position, the 
author describes the case of a mare which he was called upon 
to treat. When first seen, she was resting on her knees, with 
her head extended and resting on the ground, and her hind 
quarters elevated ; in fact, in the position of a cow in the first 
part of the movement of rising. When made to rise to her 
feet she showed a strong desire to resume the former position, 
and did so, in fact, twice in less than ten minutes. There 
was an evident indication of pelvic pain. Upon rectal ex¬ 
amination it was found that the pelvic curvature of the colon 
was hard and distended, and was engaged in the pelvis, occu¬ 
pying the place of the bladder, to such an extent that at first 
neoplasm of the vesical organ, or of the floor of the pelvis was 
suspected. But this supposition was corrected by an explora¬ 
tion of the vagina, and catheterism of the bladder. The in¬ 
testines were filled with a hard mass and could not be pushed 
back to their position. It was a true pelvic hernia. The, 
rectum was full of hard, dry balls of manure. The case proved 
to be one of constipation, and was relieved by rectal injec¬ 
tions of sulphate of soda and a purgative.— Rec. de Med. Vet. 
