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hours for six hours and then 3 i as the case indicated, and all 
the water he would drink, chilled. Next day I found the ani¬ 
mal very quiet. I stopped the potassium iodide, and about n 
A. M. he got up with very little help and stayed up, and was all 
right in a few days. I gave nux vomica as a tonic. 
Case No. 8 .—Black mare, 1200 pounds, 10 years old, five 
miles out of town ; she had been driven into town Saturday, 
Jan. 6, 1900, and on Sunday morning she was found down in 
the stall and could not get up; had not been out for two days 
before going to town. She was treated all day for colic, and as 
she could not get up the owner sent for a neighbor to help him 
get her up. This man had two of his horses just like this a 
year ago, and explained the nature of the disease to the owner, 
so I was sent for. The mare was down, but we got her up and 
she stood up pretty well for a while, but was quite shaky on 
her hind legs. I gave potassium iodide, 3 ss, and left three 3 i 
powders, to be given one every two hours, drew the urine and 
left the case, not thinking it necessary for me to see it again. 
The next day (Monday) she was exercised a little, and next day 
was at her usual work, all right. This was not a very bad case. 
Case No. p.—Strawberry roan mare, 1500 pounds. On Fri¬ 
day, Jan. 5th, at 7 a.m., I was called to see the above described 
mare. Her mate had been killed a few days before, and she 
had been left in the stable. The owner knew the nature of the 
disease, and cautioned the driver, a good, faithful colored man, 
not to feed “ Nellie ” too much grain while she was standing 
in. His answer was, as usual, “ I am giving her but very little 
grain.” However, Jan. 4, 1900, the owner made inquiries and 
found that “ Nellie ” had not been out of the stable for four 
days. He ordered his man to put her with another horse and 
drive her about one mile just for exercise, which he did be¬ 
tween 5 and 6 p.m. He reported to the owner that everything 
was all right at 7.30 p.m., but as the owner was a man that 
knew a good deal about the disease he instructed the man to 
go back at 9 p.m. and see again, which was done, and all was 
reported well at the stable. At 6 a.m., Jan. 5th, when the 
