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the stable the morning following, is surprised to find the horse 

 down and unable to rise without assistance ; and upon getting 

 him up he finds that he is incapable of either walking or stand- 

 ing without support. In a few hours, however, he may so far 

 recover as to be able to stand without assistance. It is very rare 

 indeed that the loss of power in all the limbs remains complete. 



The symptoms at this stage of the malady are generally 

 well marked. The head will be drawn to the contrary side of 

 the body paralysed ; one half of the lips and the ear of the side 

 affected will hang pendulous and powerless; the eyelids will 

 be drawn downwards, and the eye will present a squinting 

 appearance ; the limbs of the same side will be placed wide 

 from the trunk, and at irregular distances from each other, and 

 the patient, if made to walk, will do so slowly and spasmodically, 

 and instead of moving in a line directly forwards, the body will 

 move in a curved direction. In the more severe forms of the 

 disease, the anus is partly open, and the urine dribbles from the 

 patient involuntarily. 



PATHOGisroMOiac Symptoms. — The limhs of the animal are 

 to a considerable extent 'powerless. The patient moves feebly and 

 irregularly^ and in doing so, the lody is involuntarily draivn to 

 07ie side. 



Causes. — Excessive labour ; old age, and constitutional 

 debility. 



Tee ATM ENT.— Perfect recovery is not to be expected. If 

 the animal be old, and not valuable for purposes of breeding, it 

 is best to destroy the patient. Where, however, it is determined 

 to try the case, the best remedies in general are — Aconite, Ehus 

 Toxicodendron, Strychnia, and the Cold Water Douche. 



Aconite. — Ehus Toxicodendeon. — Should the patient 

 be feverish, have recourse to Aconite and Ehus. Use them of 

 the 1st dilution, each in 2-drachm doses, and give them alter- 

 nately every three or four hours. 



