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inhale the vapour of scalded bran, which was repeated four or 
five times a day for three days; after each fomentation nearly 
a pint of thick yellowish-green matter would be discharged. 
It relieved him very much, and altogether got rid of the 
noise in breathing. There was a considerable amount of 
debility existing as well as loss of flesh; diffusible stimulants 
were still being administered. He appeared to rally about 
the 23rd and continued to improve from that date. Tonics 
in the form of iron and gentian with strong ale were given 
daily for about a week. He gained in flesh quickly and was 
considered convalescent on the 2nd November. 
This case illustrates the majority of those that came under 
my notice, and is the reason of my giving it in full. 
In some instances the feces were hard and coated with 
inspissated mucus ; these generally were affected with spas¬ 
modic colic, which was believed - to arise from the constipa¬ 
tion. Mild aperients (Aloe Bhd. ^ij in bolus) were adminis¬ 
tered daily till an increased action took place in the bowels. 
This treatment to an extent prevented the return of colic, 
except in one case which terminated fatally. In this instance 
the horse had been affected with influenza for eight days 
before I saw him, and was attended by a blacksmith. He 
took colic on the 24th October, for which .the blacksmith gave 
him one pint of gin with one ounce of red pepper (Pu. Capsici). 
The poor brute not being better but worse, on the following 
morning I was called in and considered him suffering from 
enteritis. I was led to that belief by his being continually 
in pain. Pulse 80 and weak ; laborious breathing ; profuse 
perspiration with cold extremities. During the previous 
evening and night he had been quiet and standing at intervals. 
At noon on the 25th he lost all power of standing, was con¬ 
tinually in pain, his body was [covered with sweat; he con¬ 
tinued in this state till night, when death put an end to his 
sufferings. Large doses of opium and ^Eth. Sulph. were 
administered, also chloral hydrate in ^ij doses. Counter¬ 
irritation and fomentations were applied to the abdomen, but 
all to no effect. Enemas of tobacco smoke and tepid water 
were frequently thrown up the rectum, but with the like 
result. 
A post-mortem examination was instituted on the 26th. 
Strange to say, no signs of inflammation nor petechfe were 
observable either in the stomach, intestines or peritoneum, 
neither were there strangulation, intussusception nor rupture 
present. The only cause for death that could be assigned was 
theintestines, both large and small, being in an extensive state of 
spasm. Besides this there was a slight enlargement of the liver 
