64 DADD'S VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 



istering bitter tonics and stimulants. In this viev ; the following 

 prescription is offered : 



No. 6. Fluid extract of black pepper 4 oz. 



Fluid extract of ginger 6 oz. 



Hyposulphite of soda 2 oz. 



Water 4 oz. 



Dissolve the hyposulphite in the water, then add the pepper and 

 ginger. Give the animal a wine-glassful every four hours. A 

 stimulating injection may be thrown into the rectum occasionally, 

 composed of a handful of fine salt to about four quarts of water. 



The animal should be allowed to stand quietly in the stall, and 

 the medicine must be given with care, for the least excitement may 

 augment the cerebral difficulty. So soon as the medicine arouses 

 the digestive functi \m, and the food gradually passes the pylorus 

 into the intestines, the animal will obtain relief. Both food and 

 water should be withheld until there is some marked improvement ; 

 the patient has had enough of food for some time, and water only 

 retards digestion. 



Apoplexy (Cerebral Hemorrhage). 



* As regards the cause of apoplexy, the author has nothing to 

 offer, except he has noticed that the subjects of this affection gen- 

 erally have short, thick necks, and, as the saying is, " chunky " 

 heads. From this he infers that, in so far as conformation is con- 

 cerned, there lurks in the system of such animals a peculiar pre- 

 disposition. 



Symptoms. — An animal may be on the road, trotting along as 

 usual, without any apparent impairment of health, when suddenly 

 he falls down ; the pupils of the eyes become dilated ; stertorous 

 breathing sets in ; a deprivation of the sense of feeling anrl of mo- 

 tion immediately occurs; a tremulous motion of various parts ** 

 the body is observed ; the pulse beats with unnatural force, jei 

 the animal appears to be in a deep, snoring sleep. It may be said 

 that the functions of animal life are suspended, excepting those of 

 respiration and pulsation. The animal is unable to swallow, and i£ 

 fluids be put into the mouth, they appear to choke him, or they 

 run out again at the corners of his mouth. The prognosis of apo- 

 plexy is very uncertain. Some horses die in a few hou**, while 

 others live for several days. This depends on tbc amount c blood 



