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matic of either disease or injury in accordance with 

 the part implicated. As a rule paralysis is due to 

 defective musculo-nerve power. Take, for instance, 

 the eye, in the diseased condition known as amauro- 

 sis, in which the optic nerve fails to respond to ex- 

 ternal stimuli, yet the organ appears to be healthy, 

 though incapable of performing its functions. A 

 fractured limb for the time being is paralytic, and 

 much the same remark applies to a dislocated limb. 

 Paralysis of the tongue, usually in a partial form, is 

 not uncommon in the dog, whilst paralysis of the 

 lower jaw occasionally occurs independently of that 

 obscure but deadly malady known as " dumb 

 rabies." Paralysis may be either local, i.e., con- 

 fined to one part, or general, i.e., distributed more 

 or less over the body. In hounds paralysis of the 

 hind quarters is tolerably common, especially during, 

 or subsequent to, an attack of distemper. A general 

 paralytic condition of the body is by no means rare 

 and is often the result of reflected irritation, arising 

 through a torpid condition of the bowels, and usually 

 disappears immediately after an enema has been 

 given. Most cases of paralysis are benefited by a 

 course of massage, and in fact for the so-called 

 " distemper spine " there is nothing better than good 

 massage and a course of hypophosphates in conjunc- 

 tion with cod-liver oil. In other cases paralysis 

 must be treated in accordance with the cause. 



