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continue this for a month, and in most cases I succeed in cur¬ 
ing the lameness. 
As you are aware, there are many cases that cannot be cured 
at all, no matter what treatment yon use. Yon must remember, 
an animal should not be put to hard work for several weeks 
after, and as horses are rising in price now, owners will not 
mind giving us more time for treatment. Another point, 
in case you do not cure yon have not blemished the horse for 
the owner to everlastingly tell you and his friends about it. 
No doubt many here will say the application is not strong 
enough, but I am satisfied we have been using too energetie 
means very often. I have tried this treatment on spavin, and 
have relieved a number of animals and cured some. 
When I began, and for several years after, I used to fire 
and blister, but seldom do it now until I have tried this remedy^ 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
“ Careful observation makes a skillful practitioner, hut his skill dies with him. By 
recording his observations, he adds to the hioivledge of his profession, and assists by his 
facts in building tip the solid edifice of pathological science.'" 
NOTES FROM CASE BOOK.* 
By J. H. McLeod, D. V. S , Charles City, Iowa. 
IMPACTION OF COLON WITH SAND. 
Almost one year ago, I was ealled to treat a family driver,, 
aged, and said to be suffering from pain in the abdomen. At 
first sight the symptoms presented were similar to those of 
colic, but later they were unmistakably those of impaction. 
Pulse, slightly accelerated, temperature normal. The animal 
refused all food and water, kept up a continuous pawing, and 
on lying down, did so carefully, and lay quietly. Treatment 
was as follows : 
It Calomel, 5 i- 
Aloes, Barb., 3 i>^* 
M. fiat bolus No i. 
This is about the usual dose here, as the 3 vi to 3 vii doses 
which I have been accustomed to give in the East make here 
but little impression. Anodynes to relieve the pain, with 
* Read at meeting Iowa State V. M. Association. 
