DISEASES OF THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS tiYSTEM. 6^ 



extra vasated on the surface of the brain; but, in most cases of 

 cerebral hemorrhage, the horse falls never to rise again. lie niaj 

 be conveyed home on some vehicle constructed for the purpose, but 

 the finger of Death is on him ; his days are numbered, and the 

 owner charitably puts him out of existence. 



The reader must bear in mind that in apo])lexy the horse falk 

 and is suddenly deprived of all voluntary motion ; is insensible to 

 the prick of a pin, and the breathing, so soon as he is on the 

 ground, becomes stertorous. This disease, therefore, is not to be 

 confounded with others of the brain and spinal marrow. For 

 example, a horse may have an attack of simple apoplexy wit'nout 

 hemorrhage, fall down, and, by judicious treatment, recover; or 

 he may be the subject of epilepsy, which occasions a temporary 

 suspension of consciousness, with spasms recurring at intervals. 

 Hence, in case of doubt or mistake, it will be advisable to treat 

 the case in the following manner : 



Treatment. — Procure a few ounces of spirits of ammonia, with 



which saturate a sponge, then apply it to the nostrils. In the mean 



time, sponge the head with cold water, and rub the body and limbs 



briskly with a brush or whisp of straw. If he revive under this 



treatment, there may be some hopes of recovery ; and should it 



appear that the act of swallowing can be performed, give a drench 



composed of 



No. 7. Powdered chlorate of potass 2 oz. 



Boiling V ater ^ piiit- 



Wlien cool, administek-. The action of chlorate of potass on the 

 blood is to oxygenize it, and thus liberate carbonic acid gaa. 

 With the same object in view, we apply ammonia to the nostrils, 

 viz. : to decarbonize unpurificd blood. 



Blood-letting is inadmissible, for it can not accom})lish any 

 good , neither will it act as a purificator of the vital current which 

 the lunffs have fai'ed to arterialize. 



Apoplexy of the Spine, (or Spinal IIemorrhage, 

 PRODUCING Paraplegia.) 



Paraplegia signifies paralysis of the posterior half of the body. 

 Spinal apoplexy may be classed in tlie same order of diseaso u 

 cerebral apoplexy— that is to say, in so far as tiie palhohig^- of thn 

 hvo forms is concerned — and is usually just a- ^at;il. 

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