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REPORTS OP CASES. 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
SUPPURATIVE ANEURISM OF THE GREAT MESENTERIC. 
By H. D. Hanson, D.V.S., New York City. 
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On the evening of November 30th, 1895, I was called b 
Mr. D-, to see a black gelding, six years old, weighin 
about 1,100 pounds, suffering with what was called colic. 
Mr. D-informed me that he had owned the horse som 
two months, but that he was apparently in healthy conditio 
until about ten days before, when the animal had shown sign 
of colicky pains almost every evening between the hours 
6 and 8. The horse would receive his feed about 6 P. M., an 
would eat a few mouthfuls, or at times would refuse to ea 
and then would start in to paw, look around at his flank, an-| 
would continue in this way for some two hours, after whic' 
he would become easier, till possibly the following night a 
about the same time, when the same symptoms would b 
shown. This had continued for some ten days, the attack 
gradually becoming more marked. 
1 found the patient in a box-stall, pawing somewhat, look 
ing at his sides and moving around, being slightly uneasy 
He would lie down occasionally and remain so for some length 
of time, being quite easy in this position. The mucous men: 
branes were injected, the vessels dilated ; the pulse was some 
what hard and small, being otherwise normal; the respiration 
were not altered; the temperature ranging about ioi° F. 
the bowels were inclined to be loose, the faecal matter abou 
normal in color. From the histon^ of colicky pains occurrin 
almost every day, and from the several similar cases that hav 
come under my observation, I made a diagnosis of probabl 
liver trouble, although the yellowish condition of the mucou 
membranes were absent. The nature of the trouble, of course 
could not be made out, on account of the lack of sufficien 
symptoms. 
The prognosis was doubtful: I advised the owner that i 
organic trouble existed, it would be only a matter of time til 
the animal would succumb; otherwise the animal would re 1 
cover. The ordinary treatment of anodynes internally wer< 
used in the evening, to allay the pains. The horse was kep 
on flaxseed tea for forty-eight hours, with the addition of smal 
quantities of bran. Then a pint of raw linseed oil was ad 
ministered which caused a free movement of the bowels 
After this I prescribed nux vomica (fluid extract) for its bitte; 
effect, in combination with the fluid extract of colchicum, t( 
slightly stimulate the liver. 
