PARALYSIS, OR PALSY. 209 



Paralysis^ or Palsy. 



A TOTAL or partial loss of the motive power of the limbs 

 is very common to dog-s from a number of causes. Either 

 partial or universal palsy is very usual in rabies. The loins 

 and hinder extremities are the parts in g-enerai affected ; 

 sometimes the muscles of the throat principally suffer, and 

 now and then the paralytic affection is universal. In distem- 

 per it is very common for a dog to become palsied in his 

 loins and hinder extremities : sometimes it affects the muscles 

 of the head also, and those of the fore extremities. Now 

 and then this paralysis continues throug-h life. In very bad 

 cases of distemper palsy, all the external muscles become first 

 affected with a spasmodic irritation, similar to St. Vitus's 

 dance in the human ; and which often degenerates into com- 

 plete paralysis. Accidents may also occasion paralysis, as 

 blows, crushing-s from carriage wheels, &c. But as frequent a 

 cause as any of canine paralysis, is rheumatism ; — which see. 

 It is evident that the treatment must vary according to the 

 cause producing the affection. General warmth, with stimu- 

 lating applications to the immediate parts, forms the outline 

 of the treatment proper for most cases. Sometimes the cold 

 bath, however, proves most efficacious ; but still, during the 

 intervening time, the body should be kept warm. As a ge- 

 neral remedy, an extensive pitch plaster is a very good one. 

 Blisters and electricity are sometimes useful. For local inju- 

 ries, a seton opposite the injured part is proper. 



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Peripneumo7iia. 



See Inflamed Lungs. 



