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was just commencing; to take action on the bowels, and the ad- 
ministration of eserine had the desired effect. 
Dr Campbell .-—I had a similar case to Dr. Hawley’s, but 
after administering eserine, although it had very violent action, 
the horse died. ’ 
Quitman :—That recalls to my mind a case I had some 
line ago. It apparently seemed to be an ordinary case of colic. 
A colic drench and purgative ball were administered without 
any goo effect. The sounds in the bowels were normal. I 
repeated the purgative, gave injection of eserine, and there was 
absolutely no result until the fourteenth day, when the horse 
passed four pellets. I did not know what else to do, and we 
came to the conclusion that there was an intestinal obstruction 
and I advised the owner to turn the horse out. On the thirty- 
hrst day enteritis set in and the horse died. I went out to the 
country and held a post-mortem and I found a calculus that 
weighed about one pound and two ounces, round in shape, and 
the pouch in which it was developing very much thickened. It 
was located about two feet back of the commencement of the 
single colon. Another peculiar feature I noticed was that the 
digesting portion of the stomach was atrophied and looked like 
parchment. Of course, cases where there is obstruction of the 
bowels cannot be helped by eserine. I also have a case of lame¬ 
ness that I would like to have some one to help me out on. She 
is a driving mare, and starts out apparently well and after she 
IS driven five or six miles and is turned around for home she 
starts to go lame then suddenly goes sound again. It is in the 
on tront leg. She had been going that way for five or six days 
when they asked me to examine the animal. I examined the 
leg in question, taking the owner’s word for it, as he is a very 
good horseman, as to which leg she was lame in. I rode behind 
the mare and drove her about eight miles and let her stand 
quite awhile, but could not discern any lameness. I prescribed 
an ointment of cocaine and morphine, dissolved in oleic acid, 
and mixed with oleate of mercury and lanolin, but this did not 
overcome the lameness. I have not seen the mare since, but I 
know the owner speaks the truth, because he is not a man to 
jest. Now, I do not know what to make of it. I am handi¬ 
capped somewhat in not seeing the mare lame. All I noticed 
when I drove and examined her was what seemed to be a small 
splint. 
fest^^ .' How long had these symptoms been mani- 
