Some t ile ugo his attention was
drawn I" two horses which were evi?
dently suffering (rom poisoning. On
examining one be noticed that the mu?
cous surface of the mouth was blanch
ed and that the animal was stagger?
ing. There was a general twitching of
thu muscles, the eyes were staring,
und the animal was rapidly assuming
a comatose condition. Mr. Allen asked
for some oil, linseed for preference; if
not, auy kind of oil that was handy.
Some was brought and about two
wineglaasfnli administered to one of
the animals, the effect being, to quote
the words of Mr. Allen, miraculous.
For the tirst time he then noticed thut
the -oil" which bad been given to the
horse was the ordinary turpentine of
commerce. So satisfied wns he with
the result that he gave the second
horse a dose, although at that time the
animal was unconscious. In about ten
minutes it recovered, and both horses
were at work tho next day as if noth?
ing had happened.
Not long after this, by a peculiar co?
incidence, Mr. Allen was asked to look
at a blacksmith who after drinking a
glass of stout had become very 111. In
the forge tiie veterinary found the
smith iu a condition of-coma, a strong
smell of carbolic acid pervading tht
premises. Ultimately he discovered
that the man had drunk out of thc
wrong vessel and Imbibed a solution
of the acid instead of the stout. A doc?
tor was at once sent for, but iu the
meantime Mr. Allen administered a
dose of turpentine that happened to b?
cn the premises, and the man not only
quickly recovered, but resumed his
work within an hour.
