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answer positively for its good effects in many cases of colic, 
particularly when the patient is sweating profusely. 
If visceral complications or laminitis arise, they must be 
treated on general principles. But, do what you may, the 
recovery will be tardy and protracted,and in some bad cases the 
subjects will always be susceptible to an attack; although they 
may get into good working condition, they fall quickly on a 
little sun, exposure, and fatigue. Frequently a removal to 
grass will act very beneficially towards inducing a tonic state of 
the health. I have observed in some cases an entire inability 
to progress forward, and to a readiness to go backwards ; and 
in more than one instance I have taken advantage of this re¬ 
trograde movement in getting my patient home or to a favor¬ 
able spot, near water or under the shade. As regards the 
administration of an aperient, I have in some cases given it 
shortly after seeing the case, whilst in others, and with very 
good effect, I have administered in the evening the follow¬ 
ing 
fjc Sol. Aloes, ^ij; 
Tart. Emet.; 
Ext. Bell ad. aa, 5j; 
Nit. Pot., ^ss; 
Mag. Sulph., 51 V. Mist. Haust. 
The arguments against venesection, in my opinion, find 
their foundation on the ill-timed application or misuse of 
the operation; bleeding late in the disease is like taking 
blood from dead subjects, for we must not forget that the 
circulation has almost ceased, as have the cerebral functions. 
In fact, if a case is not seen until too late for the active line 
of treatment mentioned to be of service, all that is left to 
be done is continuous friction to the extremities, hot water 
bandages, cold water to the head and chest perseveringly 
applied, and the aloetic aperient administered, and friction 
to the body. If the case is not seen until the latter measures 
are necessary, I can say but little for the recovery of the 
animal; although, if the treatment is perseveringly kept up, 
horses which present a hopeless aspect will sometimes cause 
an agreeable surprise by becoming convalescent. 
Post-mortem .—Out of many cases, scarcely two will give 
the same results. The morbid changes found seem to be 
regulated by the more or less rapid course which the disease 
has taken in the subject under ken. But, as a rule, we find 
congestion within and without the foramina, with effusion of 
a watery-like fluid slightly tinged with blood on the surface, 
and within the ventricles of the brain, with lungs more or 
less congested and engorged. 
