60 KOE ON THE HOUSE. 



ally, while true cause is unknown. In many 

 cases debilitating conditions, like unwholesome 

 food or water; overwork; sudden exposure to in- 

 tense heat, or suddenly induced plethora will 

 serve as immediate excitants of the morbid pro- 

 cess. It may occur alike at any, or every, season 

 in this country ; but has never been identified in 

 Europe. 



SYMPTOMS. 



Are varied according to the case. Some are 

 seized suddenly with cramps of the voluntary 

 muscles, especially those of the neck and hind 

 limbs, which soon give place to general palsy of 

 motor and senory. In other cases, the onset is 

 slow. There may be trembling, dullness and 

 lassitude for some hours, or days, or some local 

 paralysis, like that of the throat or lips, incapa- 

 citating the animal from swallowing liquids, or 

 causing profuse slavering. But sooner or later 

 in all cases alike, paralysis sets in and the ani- 

 mal is barely able to support itself, or, if worse, 

 lies prostrate on its side, with limbs extended 

 and placid. If the case is to prove fatal, coma 

 and confirmed stupor usually precede death. 

 But, if instead of foregoing fatal symptoms the 

 appetite is preserved throughout and restoration 

 of the general health precedes the disappearance 

 of palsy, sometimes by several months. The 

 pulse throughout is little varied, being usually 

 slow and soft at first, and weaker and more 

 rapid as the disease advances. Breathing, at 

 first little affected, becomes deep and stertorious as 

 coma sets in. The surface temperature is cool, 

 and that in rectum usually natural. The bowels 

 are generally costive; urine unchanged, and may 



