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neuralgic one, and not due to any organic lesion in order to 
have colocynth of avail. 
Aloes, with which you are all familiar as a cathartic, is also 
useful in cases of diarrhoea not produced by the drug. A case 
of scouring in which there is some rumbling of the bowels, pain 
before passage of faeces, which escape without effort and ac¬ 
companied by a good deal of flatus, and more or less straining 
when the rectum is empty,—such a case would probably yield 
to aloes. I can personally recommend aloes in haemorrhoids 
both in man and beast. It will be found useful in various in¬ 
flammations of the large intestines and especially in congestive 
diseases of the anus and rectum. 
Nux vomica, which in its provings was found to produce 
constipation, gastralgia and dyspepsia as a few of its symptoms, 
is an exceedingly important member in the homoeopathic materia 
medica. Unfortunately for us, it acts more powerfully on the 
carnivora than on the herbivorous animals; still it is by no 
means without value in veterinary practice. It is of use in colic 
from over-eating, accompanied by constipation and frequent, 
ineffectual attempts to pass manure. It is of value in dogs who 
are over-fed, constipated and have insufficient exercise, but re¬ 
member that no inflammation of the mucous surface should exist 
if it is desired to use nux. 
This is one of the many remedies that is used homoeopathi- 
cally by the old school, who prescribe it, or its alkaloid strych¬ 
nia, in small doses in sick-headache or migraine cardialgia and 
gastralgia. 
In my own experience it has seemed indicated in the follow¬ 
ing: In the case of torpidity in the bowel of a horse; 2, in a 
so-called fitty horse, whose -trouble appeared to me to be 
caused by indigestion; 3, and 4, in two cases of gastric dis¬ 
turbance in dogs, both accompanied by constipation, fever and 
want of appetite, and one of which was rather severe. 
In all of the above the treatment was eminently successful, 
the administration of the nux vomica being followed by re¬ 
covery, and that rather soon. Of course the animals might 
