1.44 SPINAL MENINGITIS. 



Spinal Meningitis. 



THIS disease is generally epidemic, induced by 

 peculiar atmospheric conditions, and is favored by 

 close, ill-ventilated stables, cold, chilly weather, over- 

 work in mares during their periods of excitement, 

 and more likely to appear among horses worked on 

 Rail Roads or Omnibus lines, from the frequent 

 stops and severe strain upon starting. 



The earlier symptoms are dullness, indisposition 

 to move, head hanging low, evident pain and stiff- 

 ness on moving, and especially on turning tender- 

 ness and shrinking on pressure along some portion 

 of, or along the entire spine, from the region of the 

 kidneys forward. 



The horse stands uneasily, and is easily pushed 

 one side or over, or sways about. The back gives 

 out, he falls down; no strength in the hind legs 

 cannot rise. The pulse at first is not increased, but 

 becomes more rapid afterwards, and the urine is 

 often scanty or suppressed, and dung dry, and the 

 animal has from the first a distressed, suffering look. 



The disease is frequently fatal in two or three 

 days, but may continue much longer, and recoveries 

 are usually quite slow. 



TREATMENT. Give the horse bran mashes, or 

 carrot tea, and let him peck at hay. Let him have 

 a wide stall, well littered or a loose box, reasonably 

 warm, but with good air, and in cold weather well 

 covered with blankets. 



The A A, from the first is the principal remedy, 

 and should be given every HALF HOUR a dose of 



