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REPORTS OF CASES. 
Treatment—At n a. m., one quart linseed oil to one-half 
ounce turpentine, given in two doses, one hour apart. 
Hot fomentations over the loins and the paralyzed leg every 
hour. 
At 3 p. m. gave Pot. Nitrate, 4 oz.; Fid. Ext. Nucis Vomicae, 
3 drams ; Water sufficient. Sig., one cupful every hour. 
At 6 p. m. the horse had not made water. One ounce of 
sweet spirits of nitrous ether w'as given. At 9 a. m. the next 
day the horse began to use his leg. Some blister ointment has 
been rubbed on loins and joint, this very sparingly. At 6 p. m. 
the same day the horse was fine. In three days the horse was 
at home. 
Second Case —A neglected case of azoturia treated by a 
licensed Dr., deserving rather the title of quack. 
I used saltpetre and nux vomica as in the above prescrip¬ 
tion, 2 ounces a day for six days. The horse responded to the 
treatment after he had two pounds of saltpetre. 
Let me hear some encouragement or criticism from some 
brother veterinarian. 
A Six Horse-Power Horse.— A correspondent of a French 
newspaper desiring to ascertain the actual strength of a powerful 
horse, visited several of the stables that use the finest horses in 
Paris, selected an eight-year-old Percheron which for three years 
has been engaged continually in hauling cut stone for building 
purposes. He tested the animal and it was able to haul a block 
of stone weighing thirteen and a quarter tons, placed upon a car 
that weighed four and a half tons, making a total weight of 
seventeen and three-quarter tons. This is a task to which six 
horses would ordinarily be put. 
Records on file in the Bureau of Veterinary Service, New 
York State Department of Agriculture, show rabies quarantines 
to be in force in nine towns and one incorporated village of that 
State. Veterinarians, health officers and members of boards of 
health are earnestly requested to report at once to the Commis¬ 
sioner of Agriculture all cases of rabies or suspected rabies com¬ 
ing to their attention, so that prompt and effective action may be 
taken to control the disease. 
