64 DADD’S VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 
istering bitter tonics and stimulants, In this view, the following 
prescription is offered : 
No. 6. Fluid extract of black pepper...seeesss 4 02%. 
Fluid extract of ginger...... coeceseees 6 02. 
Hyposulphite of soda..se.ececececeees 2 OZ 
Water..... eee eee eee vecere renee eee 4 08. 
Dissolve the hyposulphite in the water, then add the pepper and 
ginyer. Give the anima: a wine-glassful every four hours, A 
stimulating injection may be thrown into the rectum occasionahy, 
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 difticulty. So soon as the medicine arouses 
the digestive function, 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 fod for some time, and water only 
retards digestion. 
APOPLEXY (CEREBRAL HEMURRIAGE). 
As regards the cause of apoplexy, the author has nothing te 
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. 
Symploms.—An animal may be on the road, trotting along aa 
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 and of mo- 
tion immediately occurs; a tremulous motion of various parts cf 
the body is observed; the pulse beats with unnatural force, 7et 
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 animai is unable to swallow, and if 
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 denends on the amount “blood 
