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BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
Eckardt, of Berlin, reports a case relating to this kind of 
colic. It was in a stable horse which for hve months had fre¬ 
quent attacks of abdominal pain. The colics were light; the 
animal pawed, laid down carefully, and remained in that po¬ 
sition stretched on his side. Often he would seat himself on 
his haunches. The abdomen was tympanitic and painful to 
pressure. The temperature always rose, though the pulse 
and respiration were not altered. There was no appetite or 
thirst. The feces were small or not present. The treatment 
was in every instance the same—eserine under the skin, a ball 
of aloes and bi-carbonate of soda with rhubarb and sulphate 
of soda. After a copious discharge, and a diet of twenty, 
four hours, the animal would recover, but only to be taken 
again the next day, or several days after. Death at length 
occurred during an attack more acute than the others. At 
the autopsy the stomach was found to be lacerated and the 
small intestine was united to the meso-colon by a strong 
band, and at this point the canal of the duodenum was consid¬ 
erably contracted, while in front of this it was dilated and 
hypertrophied.— Ibid. 
SULPHATE OF ESERINE IN PARTURIENT APOPLEXY. 
M. Schmidt, of Crossen, has obtained three rapid recover¬ 
ies by the subcutaneous injection of 15 to 20 centigrammes of 
eserine. In one case, where the purgative effect had not been 
sufficient from the first injection, the medication was renewed 
on the following day.— Ibid. 
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
VETERINARY MEDICINES ; THEIR ACTION AND USES. By Finlay 
Dunn, Formerly Lecturer on Materia Medica at the Edinburgh Veterinary 
College, and Examiner in Chemistry in the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons. Seventh Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Edinburgh: David 
Douglas, 1889. 
The great progress made in veterinary pharmacology and 
therapy, since Dun last revised his text-book, has made all 
who relied upon veterinary sources for their guidance in the 
