REPORTS OF CASES. 
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ACUTE INDIGESTION IN A COLT. 
By Dr. Moyle, Waterford, Wis. 
On October 30, 1895, I was called to see a three-year-old 
colt showing all the symptoms of abdominal pain, frequently 
getting up and lying down, pulse 90 per minute, temperature 
I03°F., abdominal walls very much distended with gas, with 
prolapsus of the rectum. 
Upon puncturing the caecum with the trocar the gases, 
although mixed with fluid, were quickly eliminated, and gave 
the-animal almost instant relief. I then replaced the protrud¬ 
ing rectum, and would like to have given an enema of warm 
soapsuds, but being without my rectal pump was unable to 
do so. I then prescribed the following drench • 
Aloes soc., pulv. zingib., spts. terebinth, tmct. opii., one 
oz.; hydrarg. sub-chloride, one drachm ; aqua, half pint; to be 
given at once, and left two more doses of calomel to be given, 
one in two the other in four hours later. My reason for so 
doing was on account of the icterus condition of all the visi¬ 
ble mucous membranes, and left orders to be called next 
morning if the colt showed symptoms of pain. 
Next morning, being called, found colt in about the same 
condition as the previous night, again used the trocar with 
good result, the animal then receiving rectal injections, which 
were continued until six pails of warm soapsuds were used. 
I then gave a drench composed of tr. nucis. vom., spts. 
ether nit., one oz.; aqua, half pint. In about five hours the 
evacuations, which were at first colorless, became mixed with 
fasces, animal seemed to feel much better, drank a little water 
and began looking for something to eat. From this on he 
made a rapid recovery. 
A CASE OF POISONING FROM BAD WATER. 
By W. H. Derr, V.S., Mansfield, Ohio. 
Was called to the farm of Thomas Burgett on the afternoon 
of the 4th of September to see a mare he said was slightly 
ailing. Found the patient, grey mare, about 1,200 pounds, five 
years old. 
History .—Two or three days previous she was noticed to 
