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The Action of Eserine in a Case of Sand Colic
Action
0.1 Eserine
in a Case
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Saud CoNe.
297
The cotyloid cavity showed three fractures, two extending from the postero·external portion of the cotyloid rim into the non-articular depression and pubio-femoral groove, the other from the rim of th e foramen to the centre of the cotyloid cavity. The shaft of the ilium waS comminuted, and a fracture of th e gluteal surface extending to the iliac crest.
THE ACTION OF ESERINE I N A CASE OF SAND COLIC. BY CA I'TAI :'> A.
J.
W ILl.lA MS ,
A R~ IY
V ETE RINA R Y CORPS, NOR W IC H.
S lIbject.-A six-year-old Tibetan mule, belonging to th e 15th Mul e Corps, brought down to Siliguri, the base of the Sikkim Tibet Mission, at the end of the E xpedition in December, 1904. History.-On December 30, 1904, at 7 p.m., the salutri reported to me that a mule was suffering from colic, was in great pain, and had been ill since 5 p.m. He had administered the following: :&. Spts. cc th . nit. 3j., 01. terebinth ce j j., 01. lini. oj. He examined the rectum about 6.30, and found it practically empty. I ordered the following : :&. E xt. bellad. jj., ammon. carbo j ij , to be given in bolus, and gave instructions that I should be informed regarding the state of the case at 9 p.m. At 9 p.m. the salutri reported no improvement. I went to the lines, and found the condition of the animal as follows: Pulse good, acute abdominal pain, spasms every fe w minutes; if made to rise she ' would ' get down again immediately, tympanitis, rectum empty, no' sign of borborygmi, anxious expression, lips retracted, rolling violently from side to side ; in fact, every symptom of very acute abdominal pain. I administered, hypodermically, eserine hydrobrom. gr.i ., Burroughs \Vellcome "Tabloid." In five minutes there was increased pain, the spasms appearing at quicker intervals; in less than ten minutes peristalsis was restored and borborygmi could be heard some distance away, and in fifteen minutes from the time of injection there was a violent escape of flatus and a quantity of pultaceous fceces passed. Fceces were afterwards passed five times in twenty-five minutes at about five minutes' interval, and there was a sixth motion three-quarters of an hour from the time of injection. In one hour from the time eserine was given the animal was free from pain and wanted to feed. The evacuations were noticed to be practically pure sand; they were collected, placed in a bucket with some water, and 3 lb. 5 oz. of sand was separated out. Next day the mule passed normal fceces, and appeared quite fit. The mules were watered at a river near Siliguri, and I found tha t this animal always buried his nose deeply in the water when drinking. The river was very low, so it is easy to understand that large quantities of sand could be taken up with the water. The officer commanding the corps informed me that the river near Siliguri was the only place where the animal could have taken up the
The Veterinary Journal. particular kind of sand, and it is interesting to note that the quantity was taken up in less than a month. The effect obtained by one grain of eserine within one hour in this case was really remarkable. During the South African campaign, where cases of very acute tympanitis, due to tulp poisoning, were of daily occurrence, I found eserine almost a specific combined with puncture of the intestines when the tympany threatened death from asphyxia. In many very acute cases hypodermic medication was the only possible form of treatment, drenching being impossible, as the animal was in a state of semi-asphyxiation. In such cases I used the trochar and cannula to relieve the intense tympany, then injected eserine, and I am certain no other drug would have given such good results.
CYSTIC CALCULI IN A BITCH. BY WILLIAM ROBERTSON,
AGRICULTURAL SOUTH AFRICA.
~LR.C.V.S.,
DEPART~lENT,
CAPE TOW:
THE accompanying photograph may prove of interest to many members of our profession. The calculi depicted were obtained on post tlZortetit from the St. Bernard bitch" Champion Braeside Valkyrie." I saw the animal during life; she was in a miserable and emaciated condition, despite the best of food and attention, and was frequently passing small quantities of very foul-smelling urine, mixed occasionally
with blood and epithelial debris. The animal died before any arrangements in regard to operation could be discussed. On post mortem the bla?der wall was much thickened, and }he lining eroded and ulcera~ed m patches. The owner, Mr. M. Van Zyl, supplied the followmg hIstory : . Champion" Braeside Valkyrie," born November 4, 1899; dIed December 29, 1905; breeders, Inman and \i\Talmsley, Bo~?en, E~g land. She had gradually been declining in health and condItIOn dunng
0.1 Eserine
in a Case
0.1
Saud CoNe.
297
The cotyloid cavity showed three fractures, two extending from the postero·external portion of the cotyloid rim into the non-articular depression and pubio-femoral groove, the other from the rim of th e foramen to the centre of the cotyloid cavity. The shaft of the ilium waS comminuted, and a fracture of th e gluteal surface extending to the iliac crest.
THE ACTION OF ESERINE I N A CASE OF SAND COLIC. BY CA I'TAI :'> A.
J.
W ILl.lA MS ,
A R~ IY
V ETE RINA R Y CORPS, NOR W IC H.
S lIbject.-A six-year-old Tibetan mule, belonging to th e 15th Mul e Corps, brought down to Siliguri, the base of the Sikkim Tibet Mission, at the end of the E xpedition in December, 1904. History.-On December 30, 1904, at 7 p.m., the salutri reported to me that a mule was suffering from colic, was in great pain, and had been ill since 5 p.m. He had administered the following: :&. Spts. cc th . nit. 3j., 01. terebinth ce j j., 01. lini. oj. He examined the rectum about 6.30, and found it practically empty. I ordered the following : :&. E xt. bellad. jj., ammon. carbo j ij , to be given in bolus, and gave instructions that I should be informed regarding the state of the case at 9 p.m. At 9 p.m. the salutri reported no improvement. I went to the lines, and found the condition of the animal as follows: Pulse good, acute abdominal pain, spasms every fe w minutes; if made to rise she ' would ' get down again immediately, tympanitis, rectum empty, no' sign of borborygmi, anxious expression, lips retracted, rolling violently from side to side ; in fact, every symptom of very acute abdominal pain. I administered, hypodermically, eserine hydrobrom. gr.i ., Burroughs \Vellcome "Tabloid." In five minutes there was increased pain, the spasms appearing at quicker intervals; in less than ten minutes peristalsis was restored and borborygmi could be heard some distance away, and in fifteen minutes from the time of injection there was a violent escape of flatus and a quantity of pultaceous fceces passed. Fceces were afterwards passed five times in twenty-five minutes at about five minutes' interval, and there was a sixth motion three-quarters of an hour from the time of injection. In one hour from the time eserine was given the animal was free from pain and wanted to feed. The evacuations were noticed to be practically pure sand; they were collected, placed in a bucket with some water, and 3 lb. 5 oz. of sand was separated out. Next day the mule passed normal fceces, and appeared quite fit. The mules were watered at a river near Siliguri, and I found tha t this animal always buried his nose deeply in the water when drinking. The river was very low, so it is easy to understand that large quantities of sand could be taken up with the water. The officer commanding the corps informed me that the river near Siliguri was the only place where the animal could have taken up the
The Veterinary Journal. particular kind of sand, and it is interesting to note that the quantity was taken up in less than a month. The effect obtained by one grain of eserine within one hour in this case was really remarkable. During the South African campaign, where cases of very acute tympanitis, due to tulp poisoning, were of daily occurrence, I found eserine almost a specific combined with puncture of the intestines when the tympany threatened death from asphyxia. In many very acute cases hypodermic medication was the only possible form of treatment, drenching being impossible, as the animal was in a state of semi-asphyxiation. In such cases I used the trochar and cannula to relieve the intense tympany, then injected eserine, and I am certain no other drug would have given such good results.
CYSTIC CALCULI IN A BITCH. BY WILLIAM ROBERTSON,
AGRICULTURAL SOUTH AFRICA.
~LR.C.V.S.,
DEPART~lENT,
CAPE TOW:
THE accompanying photograph may prove of interest to many members of our profession. The calculi depicted were obtained on post tlZortetit from the St. Bernard bitch" Champion Braeside Valkyrie." I saw the animal during life; she was in a miserable and emaciated condition, despite the best of food and attention, and was frequently passing small quantities of very foul-smelling urine, mixed occasionally
with blood and epithelial debris. The animal died before any arrangements in regard to operation could be discussed. On post mortem the bla?der wall was much thickened, and }he lining eroded and ulcera~ed m patches. The owner, Mr. M. Van Zyl, supplied the followmg hIstory : . Champion" Braeside Valkyrie," born November 4, 1899; dIed December 29, 1905; breeders, Inman and \i\Talmsley, Bo~?en, E~g land. She had gradually been declining in health and condItIOn dunng