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tion is lessened, until consciousness is lost in coma more or less 

 perfect. With the subsidence of the restlessness the horse will, if 

 capable of maintaining the standing posture, do so listlessly in 

 one position, the head lowered, the ej^es glassy, with pupils dilated, 

 while control over voluntary movement is much disturbed. The 

 disposition lo preserve the position of the limbs as they may be 

 placed is not unlike the condition which prevails in catalepsy. 

 From the commencement the appetite is capricious and the dis- 

 charge from kidneys and bowels' less in amount than natural. 

 The partial muscular twitchings or general convulsions are not 

 present in every case and usually most attractive as the termina- 

 tion is approached. At this period the animal is almost certain, 

 unless carefully watched, to do itself injury by violent and uncon- 

 scious tossing. ' ' 



Treatment. — Arnica ix. — When the disease can be traced to 

 external injuries this remedy should be administered four times a 

 day at intervals of four hours; and compresses soaked in a lotion of 

 the mother tincture, one part to four of distilled water, constantly 

 applied. 



CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS. 



Nervous diseases affecting the horse are, we must admit, very 

 obscure, so far as our knowledge of them is concerned; at the 

 same time we are satisfied that however we may attempt to 

 account for it, cases of this kind are far less numerous among 

 the lower orders of animals than in the human subject, and under 

 the circumstances there is cause for congratulation that it is so. 

 The disease, which we now propose to consider is generally in- 

 cluded in works upon equine medicine under the hea.d of general 

 disorders, but inasmuch as it owes it origin to and distinctly 

 affects this group of organs, we feel justified in including it under 

 the list of diseases of the nervous system proper. We believe we 

 are correct in stating that some years ago an outbreak of what 

 was described as cerebro- spinal fever took place in New York, and 

 carried off quite a considerable number of animals, and it was at 

 that time looked upon as a true specific fever; but we are not 

 aware that any positive opinion was arrived at as to its precise 

 pathology, nor were the actual relations between the severe symp- 

 toms exhibited and the changes which post mortem were observed 



