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be regurgitated into the throat and produce strangulation, or 
find their way into the trachea and lungs. If an animal be at¬ 
tacked in an open field in hot weather, good shade must be at 
once provided. The catheter should be frequently used if 
the urine is not naturally voided. External applications, I 
think, are of little use other than keeping the body warmly 
clothed. If consciousness return and the bowels respond to 
the action of the cathartic, nux vomica may be given with the 
hyposulphite of sodii, which I think should be persevered in 
from start to finish of the disease. Immediately upon the re¬ 
turn of consciousness there is often an unnatural appetite, and 
the animal will devour great quantities of almost any kind of 
food. This must be carefully guarded against, as a fatal relapse 
would be sure to follow. A very restricted diet of easily 
digested food is positively requisite to success the first few 
days. 
So far as is possible I would advise educating owners to 
use preventive treatment on all cases likely to become affec¬ 
ted, as preventive treatment is much more satisfactory than 
curative. 
ALCOHOLIC SOLUTION OF HG. CL*. IN TREATMENT OF FIS¬ 
TULOUS TRACTS. 
By J. MoBirney, D.V.M., Charles City, Iowa. 
(A Paper read before the Iowa State Veterinary Medical Association.) 
In dealing with this subject I may present nothing new ; 
but so far as I am personally concerned, it has proven or 
seemed to have proven a great boon in the treatment of those 
most troublesome of ailments affecting the equine race. 
Various and numerous are the modes and methods re¬ 
corded aud advocated for treatment of the above, but also as 
numerous are the futile efforts to effect successful recoveries. 
Below, I will quote to you the history of six cases, their 
treatment and results, which, without question, is the most 
efficient proof of the virtue of any remedy or treatment. 
