406 VETERINARY SURGICAL ‘THERAPEUTICS. 
noticeable attenuation showed itself. A week later, he walked better. Im 
two weeks he resumed work. 
In all the cases where the paralysis is complete, it is always well to use- 
slings, until the time when improvement is noticed, and even as long a. 
time as the patient willstand them. The principal agents of the local treat- 
' ment are revulsives, blistering agents and electricity. Goubaux resorted to. 
the following treatment in one case: “ Two needles, 15 centimeters long,. 
were thrust half their length, one in the large extensor of the forearm,, 
back of the scapulo humeral joint, the other in the short extensor of the: 
forearm, near its insertion to the oleczanon. Both needles were attached to- 
Fig. 94.—Paralysis of the radial on the road to recovery. (From photograph.) 
the poles of an electric pile. Each time the current was closed, muscular, 
violent and jerky contractions would take place, moving the leg a little in 
all directions.” Several seatings of ten minutes of this electrization were 
applied. The fifth day; the olecranon muscles, first flabby, had returned 
to their size and consistency, the animal was no longer lame and returned 
immediately to his work. Inductive instruments have considerably sim- 
plified the treatment by electricity and still it is little used in our animals. 
(see Paralysis in General). 
Blisters are used oftener. Goubaux has called attention to their 
good effects. The charge of Lebas or blisters are generally used. We 
‘ prescribe a blistering application on the external face of the arm, and 
