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Fid. ext. corn silk.oz. XIII. 
Fid. ext. nux vomica.oz. I. 
Fid. ext. colchicum.oz. II. 
M. Sig.—Give one ounce every six hours. 
I find corn silk to be the ideal diuretic in this condition, as it 
is mild, soothing-, non-irritating-, invariable in its action, excreting 
the solid as well as the liquid portions of the urine. I think nux 
vomica is also indicated because it exalts all the functions of the 
spinal cord, viz., reflex, motor, vaso-motor and sensory, the lat¬ 
ter being the last affected. It also increases secretion and peris¬ 
talsis. 
My reason for giving* colchicum is that it increases all secre¬ 
tions; it stimulates secretion of the stomach, intestines, liver, kid¬ 
neys and skin. To sum up its action, it is an alternative emetic, 
diuretic, diaphoretic and hepatic stimulant. 
Mr. E. Jackson writes under date of April 16, 1912: The 
B. A. I. Veterinary Inspectors’ Association of South Omaha 
held their regular monthly meeting on the 15th instant. Dr. 
D. F. Stouffer read an interesting paper on “ Peculiar Cases for 
the Final Inspector.” This paper brought out an interesting dis¬ 
cussion in which many of the veterinarians took part. The 
Association elected officers for the ensuing year. Dr. G. A. Kay 
was elected president, Dr. J. G. Beattie as vice-president, and 
Mr. E. Jackson as secretary-treasurer. 
The following clipping from the Rider and Driver describes 
a striking example of Arab endurance: “ FIorse Covers 84 
Miles in 7 Hours: Mr. Wilfrid Blunt was in Constantinople, 
where he met Halim, the owner of the Arab horse which won 
the eighty-four mile race against an English mare in Egypt in 
1864. The Arab was a bay from the Anazeh; the English mare, 
named Alabama, belonged to a syndicate. The race was from 
Suez to Cairo, and the Arab covered the eighty-four miles in 
seven hours fifty minutes, coming in alone. Alabama stopped 
after traveling about sixty miles. She was stopped to receive 
some gruel, but after taking it she could not move. Halim told 
Mr. Blunt that he once rode one of his Arabs, at trot and canter, 
for twenty-four hours and another for eighteen hours on end.” 
