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REPORTS OF CASKS. 
REPORTS OF CASES, 
“ Careful observation mokes a skillful practitioner , but Ms skill dies with him. By 
recording his observations he adds to the knowledge of his profession , and as¬ 
sists by Ms facts in building up the solid edifice of pathological science .' 1 ' 1 — VET¬ 
ERINARY RECORD. 
ACTION OF ESERINE IN FLATULENT COLIC. 
By Richard R. Morrison, D.Y.S. 
Animal was a bay truck horse six years old, about fifteen 
hands three inches high; owner said he had been treated for 
colic three times previously. When admitted to the hospital 
he was suffering great pain and could hardly be kept on his 
feet; there was profuse perspiration, but not much swelling, 
therefore did not think it advisable to puncture at once, espec¬ 
ially as owner said he had not been able to notice much differ¬ 
ence for the previous half hour; he said he had given the 
animal a colic drench about an hour before he brought the 
animal to the hospital. As soon as the animal was put in a 
loose box he lay down and began rolling; he was given § j 
chloral, which kept him quiet for nearly an hour, at about 
which time he became violent; he would struggle until he 
got on his back, and then would lay quietly for a while. We 
made him get on his feet and he staggered about and fell, 
showing the effects of the chloral very plainly. Animal com¬ 
menced to get worse, sweating more freely, mucous mem¬ 
brane getting pale, mouth cold and clammy ; we then took gr.j 
eserin salycylas, pulverized it very carefully, added a few 
drops of aetheris sulp. and then added 3 ij aquas destillatta 
and dilating the left jugular vein injected it intravenouslv. 
The animal at this time was laying on his back perfectly still; 
in five minutes there was a passage of flatus followed in two 
minutes more by a discharge of feces. Animal then com¬ 
menced to struggle again and in another eight minutes had a 
second discharge of feces which was accompanied by a good 
deal of flatus. Animal then began to be much easier, ceased 
struggling and lay quietly on his side instead of on his back 
