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cellent absorbing - organ and more trustworthy than the 
stomach, and i give this drug in one or two fluid drachm doses, 
undiluted, by pouring it on the tongue from a small bottle or 
by injecting it into the mouth with a syringe. Oftentimes a 
single dose is sufficient; if not, it should be repeated in fifteen 
or twenty minutes, or more, and as often as the exigencies of 
the case require. I have given sufficient of the drug to pro¬ 
duce hallucinations, yet no unpleasant after-effects were 
noticed. It is a safe drug to leave in the hands of attendants 
for administration. 
I have used this drug in about fifty cases and it has not 
failed to do what I expected it to do, namely, relieve spasms 
and abdominal pain. 1 have discarded opium and chloral 
hydrate in this class of cases, and do not expect to resort to 
them so long as this agent serves me so faithfully. In simple 
spasmodic colic no other medicine is needed. There are 
many cases of spasmodic colic which recover without treat¬ 
ment, and many cases which seem to yield to any plan of 
treatment which would probably have recovered spontaneous¬ 
ly if not interfered with, yet many cases do not recover even 
when drugs and manipulations are resorted to. When given 
charge of a case of spasmodic colic, the veterinarian cannot 
foretell the results, and seldom depends upon unaided nature 
to effect a cure. I give these cases cannabis indica ; they re¬ 
cover. 
In cases of acute indigestion, cannabis indica will relieve 
the pain, while other medicaments correct the digestive dis¬ 
turbance. The same thing is true in obstruction or impaction 
of the colon. 
A fine roadster, four years old, which was running in 
pasture daytimes and was stabled nights, during the fall of 
1890, contracted spasmodic colic one stormy night and was 
turned into an enclosed wagon room while a surgeon could be 
summoned. Upon arrival at the farmer’s barn, some four 
miles from town, I found the colt rolling and tumbling 
violently ; the hair and cuticle had been abraded from promi¬ 
nent portions of his face, giving the horse a dilapidated ap¬ 
pearance ; the paroxysms of pain recurred at short intervals. 
