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REPORTS OF CASES. 
intravenous injection of barium chloride, and turned her loose. 
She began rolling and rolled on her back, with feet against 
^ ) sadder ^^oir could hear a noise like some¬ 
thing dropping in a tub of water ; then flatus and feces both 
passed. She laid this way for about fifteen minutes, then got 
on her feet and began picking hay, flatus passing occasionally. 
I stayed all night and left'in the morning, the patient being 
well. 
Another Case of Torsion of Intestine Recovers. 
This case was near Eeland, and the history is about the 
same as the preceding case. When seen by me I found the 
patient, a brown mare, bloated, standing quiet, pulse quick and 
weak, breathing hard, vulva showing considerable swelling, 
with inflammation as if salt had been used in trying to make 
her urinate. This they denied emphatically. Examination 
per rectum revealed a swelling so large I could not get my 
hand in at all. I tried about ten minutes, then I decided I 
had a twist to handle. The cutting off of the circulation was 
the cause of the vulva symptoms. I punctured, gave barium 
chloride, but getting no action tried eserine and pilocarpine, 
given as a stimulant. Getting no action, I left some sodium 
salicylate, also gelsemium, to be followed by small doses of 
aconite.^ Before leaving I gave four capsules of charcoal, 
sealed tight, using the process mentioned in the Review. I 
left word that if she died, which I believed she would, to notify 
me, so I could hold a post-mortem. I heard nothing for about 
two days, when I was requested to call and see her, which I 
did. I found her having muscular spasms, and on examina¬ 
tion by rectum found the bowels moving, swelling all gone, 
no obstruction to prevent entrance, pulse and temperature nor¬ 
mal, also respirations. I left gelsemium and bromide to be 
given. Case made complete recovery. 
Peculiar Symptoms in a Heifer. 
Two-year old heifer, in the town of Milan, had been sick a 
week. She was so weak she could hardly walk without falling, 
constantly straining as if she was trying to give birth. Her 
bowels were rather loose. She showed no indication of being 
in calf. Examination by rectum showed nothing. Could only 
get three fingers in the vagina, which seemed on the floor by 
the neck of the bladder to be swollen. I came to the conclu¬ 
sion that she must have been injured by the bull, so I gave an 
oil and opium injection, leaving some to be given occasionally, 
