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This bony enlargement is not at all unsightly, and to see him 
trotting along with a load you would not suspect the above 
changes. To all purpose he is as sound as ever. His owners 
(butchers) sometimes drive him quite a number of miles after 
lambs and calfs, which he draws into town without flinching 
in the least or stumbling. 
POISONING BY ACONITE. 
By Richard R. Morrison, D.Y.S., White Plains, N. Y. 
The patient was a bay gelding, ten years old, about sixteen 
hands high and in good condition. His owner, (a pedler), 
told me that the animal had had an attack of colic, and that 
he had given him half-a-pint of gin and an ounce of nitre, and 
as the horse still seemed in pain, an hour afterwards he called 
a friend to see him. The friend told him that it was only a 
slight case of colic and that he would stop it in a few minutes ; 
he proceeded to do so by sending to the drug store for a two 
ounce vial of tinct. aconite, ten drachms of which he gave to 
the animal. Some of the bystanders at this stage asked if 
that was not a large dose, but the amateur doctor replied 
that two ounces were not too much for a horse and that he 
always treated colic that way. (I afterwards secured the 
bottle, measured the contents and found that six drachms re¬ 
mained). However, the owner became alarmed after that 
and sent for me. 
When I arrived I found the animal lying down, and with 
some difficulty we got him on his feet; but he could not 
stand without assistance; temperature ioi°, pulse almost im¬ 
perceptible and respiration irregular. The animal seemed to 
have much difficulty in the act of respiration; (he would 
breathe normally for three or four respirations and then 
would stop as if there was a paralysis of the respiratory mus¬ 
cles and then in a few moments would respire normally as 
before). There was also very marked diaphoresis and insali¬ 
vation, the labial and nasal muscles were contracted, disclos¬ 
ing the teeth ; the animal’s neck was arched, and he appeared 
to be making continual efforts to swallow and was trembling 
violently. 
