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was made, the dog could not ftand on his 
hinder legs; and, in 3 or 4 minutes, he 
had loft the ufe of them fo much, that, 
when they were ftrongly pinched, he nei- © 
ther moved them, nor feemed in the leaft 
degree fenfible of pain. He could, how- 
ever, fill fcramble about with his fore- 
legs; and when they or his ears were 
pinched, he howled remarkably, and feem- 
ed to feel confiderable pain. Ten minutes 
after the injection, he lay as if he had been 
quite ftupid; only, when a noife was made 
by beating on the ground, he opened his - 
eyes a little and howled, but prefently af- 
ter fell into a profound fleep. Ina few 
minutes after this, he began to be convul- 
fed; upon which Mr Ramfay injected a 
ftrong folution of fea-falt in water into 
his guts, which purged him feverely, and 
occafioned a prolapfus ant; foon after this, 
he awaked from his fleep, and gradually 
recovered the ufe of his hinder legs; fo 
that in lefs than an hour he could run a- 
bout the room, though he often fell down, 
his legs bending under him. After three. 
or four hours, he feemed to be quite well 
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