VISEASES OF THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM. 6d 
extravasated on the surface of the brain; but, in most cases of 
cerebral hemorrhage, the horse falls never to rise again. He may 
be conveyed home on some vehicle constructed for the purpose, but 
the finger of Death is on him; his days are numbered, and the 
owner charitably puts him out of existence. 
The reader must bear in mind that in apoplexy the horse falls, 
and is suddenly deprived of all voluntary motion ; is insensible to 
the prick of a pin, and the breathing, so soon as he is on the 
ground, becomes stertorous. This disease, therefore, is not to be 
confounded with others of the brain and spinal marrow. For 
example, a horse may have an attack of simple apoplexy without 
hemorrhage, fall down, and, by judicious treatment, recover; or 
he may be the subject of epilepsy, which occasions a temporary 
suspension of consciousness, with spasms recurring at intervals. 
Hence, in case of doubt or mistake, it will be advisable to treat 
the case in the following manner : 
Treatment.—Procure a few ounces of spirits of ammonia, with 
which saturate a sponge, then apply it to the nostrils. In the mean 
time, sponge the head with cold water, and rub the body and limbs 
briskly with a brush or whisp of straw. If he revive under this 
treatment, there may be some hopes of recovery; and should it 
appear that the act of swallowing can be performed, give a drench 
composed of 
No. 7. Powdered chlorate of potass..........6: 2 oz. 
Boiling water......eeeeees eee eeeenass 4 pint. 
When cool, administer. The action of chlorate of potass on the 
blood is to oxygenize it, and thus liberate carbonic acid gas. 
With the same object in view, we apply ammonia to the nostrils, 
viz.: to decarbonize unpurified blood. 
Blood-letting is inadmissible, for it can not accomplish any 
good , neither wiJl it act as a purificator of the vital current which 
‘he lungs have fai"ed to arterialize. 
APOPLEXY F THE SPINE, (OR SPINAL HEMORRHAGE, 
PRODUCING PARAPLEGIA.) 
Paraplegia signifies paralysis of the posterior half of the body. 
Spinal apoplexy may be classed in the same order of discase aa 
cerebral apoplexy—that is to say, in so far as the pathology of the 
two forms i¢ concerned—and is usually just as fatal. 
