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may be intervals of quietude, and then a dreadful agony. This 

 may exist for some hours, when the spasms may be relieved. He 

 may get on his feet, stagger and knuckle over at the fetlock, and 

 appear to be improving wonderfully, when sudden relapse may 

 come, bringing paralysis and death. 



In the chronic form the symptoms are a stiffness of the spine, 

 the animal turns with difficulty, the limbs are flexed with diffi- 

 culty, the nose is elevated. In a few weeks the hind legs become 

 feeble, the animal knuckles over at the fetlock, crosses his feet, 

 staggers, and eventually becomes paralyzed. 



Treatment. — Give eight drachms of aloes, combined with 

 two drachms of belhidonua. Stimulants should be applied to the 

 spine. Ergot of rye, in combination with the iodide of potassium, 

 may be nsed, three drachms of each three times a day. The 

 l)ladder must be emptied, and the catheter should be used at least 

 three times a day. Enemas should be regularly administered, 

 and the bed kept clean and dry. 



PARALYSIS. 



Loss of voluntary motion, either with or without loss of sen- 

 sation. It may be seen in various forms rather as a symptom of 

 a lesion than as a disease itself. It is divided into hemiplegia 

 and paraplegia. It may be described as local; that is, where 

 paralysis of several muscles occur. 



ITemiplegia is that form of paralysis in whicli one lateral half 

 of the body is affected. It is very rarely seen in the lower ani- 

 mals, and results from some disease or injury of the brain. 



Symptoms. — When down the aninuil cannot rise, motor 

 power, and sometimes sensation of one-half of the body, being 

 lost. The ear on tlie affected side becomes pendulous. The 

 cheek hangs down, the angle of the mouth is lower, and the nose 

 may be turned towards the side affected. 



Treatment. — If the auimal can support any ])ortion of its 

 v/eight, it may lie ])ut in sHngs. Eight drachuis of aloes should 



