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hydrate 3 ii in solution, and tied her to a tree ; in about one-half 
hour I tried to handle her foot, and, much to my surprise, she al¬ 
lowed me to handle it, even to taking my scissors and trimming off 
the ragged and sloughing portions of the skin and tissues, the ani¬ 
mal scarcely moving throughout the whole operation. 
July 6 th.—Saw the animal, and gave an 3 i of the solution, 
and re-dressed it, without much trouble, the animal scarcely 
moving;. 
Case No. 3. 
August 27th, 1879.—Was called about 8 p. m. to go about 13 
miles into the country to see a large roan stallion suffering with 
colic. I arrived there about 10:30 p. m., and obtained the fol¬ 
lowing history: 
This horse is 11 years old ; he has had these colic spells at 
times for four or five years, and has always recovered from them 
until to-day. He has them worse when worked hard, and in hot 
weather he will roll on his back, and lays down with his legs up 
for an hour at a time. On examination, I found the animal suf¬ 
fering from scrotal hernia. I gave 3 iss chloral hydrate in a ball; 
in about three-quarters of an hour I operated without any hope 
of success; during the operation the horse hardly moved or strug¬ 
gled. I finished the operation, removed the ropes, and let the 
animal lie. He did not get up until 8:30 the next morning, and, 
much to my surprise, recovered. 
Case No. 4. 
September 12 th, 1879.—A bay horse, whose owner said was 
19 or 20 years old, had a punctured wound of the off hind foot of 
about three weeks standing, and it was impossible to approach 
him to touch the foot. On September 13th, at 3 p. m., 3 vi 
chloral hydrate was given him in a ball; when all things were 
ready, which was in about thirty minutes, I placed the hobbles on 
him, and threw him. I removed a good portion of the sole and 
part of wall of the foot; 1 found a necrosed condition of the 
inferior face of the os pedis, which I scraped. During the op¬ 
eration the animal hardly struggled, not even when I cut through 
