COAL-OIL POISONING IN THE HORSE. 
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I at once diagnosed a case of coal-oil poisoning, and know¬ 
ing no special antidote, the effects of the poison were com¬ 
batted on general principles. 
I first gave ol. lini, both as a drench and an enema; ext. 
cannabis ind. fl. twenty drops every three hours; ext. verat. 
vir. fl. thirty drops every four hours; spts. aeth. nitr. as 
a stimulant and potas. acetas as a diuretic ; friction to the 
legs, bandages, drenches of milk and eggs. 
August 17,—Temperature, 106^; pulse, 102; respiration, 
40. Changed cannab. ind. for hydrastis can. 
August 18,—Temperature, 1055; pulse, 84; respiration, 
36 ; drinking and eating some. 
August 19,—Temperature, 107; pulse, 84; respiration, 
40. With the owneis consent I called in Dr. Story, of Prince¬ 
ton, to consult with, as the case now seemed a desperate one. 
We agreed to increase the dose of verat. virid. to two- 
dram doses every four hours, combined with quin, sulph. in 
dram doses; to give bland drinks, and continue drenching 
with milk and eggs. 
August 20,—Temperature, 105^; pulse, 60; respiration, 
32 ; animal feeling some better, appetite returning, bowels and 
kidneys active. 
August 21, 10:30 a.m.—T emperature, 1035; pulse, 48 and 
full; respiration, 30; animal walked out in the yard and 
rolled. I was somewhat alarmed to find him staling profuse¬ 
ly, until I found he had had access to a salt barrel and had 
drank freely of water. 4:30 P.M. —temperature, iop: pulse, 
46; still staling. 
August 22,—•Temperature, 103 ; pulse, 48 ; respiration, 
26; kidneys normal, urine voided every four to six hours. I 
discharged the case. 
Being called to the same place September 8, I found him 
eating his full rations, and able to trot around the yard. 
September 22, I saw him again and found they had ridden 
him after cattle the day before and he had performed his work 
with ease. 
N. B.—Since writing the above, I have run across the fol¬ 
lowing report of the physiological symptoms produced by ex- 
