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which will find its way to the surface in some of the ways de¬ 
scribed. 
Treatment.— The treatment I have found successful is 
tr. aconite and tr. iodine aa, p. seq., applied to the gum, and 
the application of a blister on the side of the face over the af¬ 
fected fang. 
Gentlemen, if this paper will bring out the discussion that 
the subject merits, it will accomplish the object for which it 
was written. 
USE OF CANNABIS INDICA IN COLIC. 
By S. Stewart, M.D., D.V.M., Council Bluffs, la. 
(A Paper read before the Nebraska Veterinary Medical Association.) 
This drug is found in the shops, in the form of coarse 
powder, tincture, fluid extract and solid extract. It has long 
been used by human physicians for the relief of spasm and 
pain. It finds an occasional mention in veterinary literature. 
Finlay Dunn says little concerning it; classes it as narcotic, 
anodyne, and anti-spasmodic ; and claims that it has no influ¬ 
ence over normal respiration, circulation or temperature He 
quotes Sir Robert Christianson as stating that “ he has long 
been convinced that for energy, certainty and convenience, 
Indian hemp is the next anodyne, hypnotic and anti-spasmodic 
to opium, and often equals it.” 
Doctor H. C. Wood once took a large dose of the infusion 
of hemp and knows from his experience that it obtunds the 
motor nerves as well as the sensory, and produces a peculiar 
disturbance of intellection, distorting both the sense of dis¬ 
tance and duration. 
Negative reports concerning the action of this drug have 
frequently been made because inert products have been sup¬ 
plied to the profession, but manufacturing pharmacists now 
produce more trustworthy preparations. 
The fluid extract is the most reliable form of the drug and 
is a very convenient form to administer. Experience has 
taught me that the mucous membrane of the mouth is an ex- 
