122 DK. LEGEAR'S STOCK BOOK. 



Treatment. This is an incurable disease, therefore we can't 

 recommend any treatment. There is an operation sometimes 

 performed that occasionally gives relief, but we can't recom- 

 mend it, therefore we will not describe it. 



PARALYSIS PALSY. 



Paralysis is the loss of the power of motion, either with or 

 without the loss of sensation. It usually comes on suddenly, 

 hence has been described as a "stroke," but occasionally it comes 

 on slowly. Paralytic affections are of two kinds: the "perfect" 

 and the "imperfect." The former includes those in which both 

 motion and sensation are lost, causing death very quickly; the 

 latter those in which only one or the other is lost or diminished. 

 It may again be described as "general" and "partial." The lat- 

 ter being divided into "hemiplegia," paralysis of one side of the 

 body, and "paraplegia," paralysis of the hind quarters of the 

 body. The latter form is the kind usually seen in animals. When 

 only a small portion of the body is affected, as the face, a limb, 

 the ^il, etc., it is known as local paralysis. 



Causes. The causes are many. Most of the affections of the 

 brain and spinal cord may lead to paralysis, such as injuries, 

 tumors, disease of the blood vessels of the brain, etc. Pressure 

 upon, or cutting in two of, a nerve causes paralysis of the parts 

 to which the nerve is distributed. 



Symptoms. In general paralysis the power of motion and sen- 

 sation is lost and death soon follows. Hemiplegia is paralysis of 

 one lateral half of the body. In severe cases the animal will go 

 down and be unable to rise, death taking place in a short time; 

 or he may live for several days and then die or he may recover. 

 In mild cases he will not go down, but will drag the front and 

 hind foot on the side paralyzed. In paraplegia the hind parts 



