Diseases of the Nervous System. 279 
there has not been any perceptible lesion. Hydatids have 
been found in the different passages leading to the cranium, 
but they have not penetrated” (?). 
MENINGITIS. 
Meningitis, or inflammation of the coverings (meninges) 
of the brain, in which those enveloping the spinal cord 
generally become involved, is occasionally seen in the dog. 
It is usually associated with epilepsy, especially if the 
seizures are frequent and protracted. At the present time 
I have a well marked case under treatment, the subject 
being an aged colley sheep-dog. 
The following were the symptoms presented on my first 
seeing him: eyes deficient in lustre and somewhat vacant 
lids frequently closed, head drooped, clonic spasm of the 
muscles of the lower jaw, the latter repeatedly closing with 
a sudden click. The animal always lay on the left side ; 
when walking he inclined the same way; hurried, reeling 
locomotion, tongue loaded with fur, nose dry, hot and stuffy, 
excessive drowsiness with occasional spasmodic twitchings, 
pulse frequent and small, appetite meeetely good, witha 
preference for liquids. 
I inserted a seton at the back of the head, ordered milk 
diet, and prescribed. 
Nix VOM Casiscikscien. setiencueeeesinns es 4 grain, 
OuimiyesSulph.. ise ssdes sees vives sia x I grain, 
Ferri Sulph.. ...ccceccc.scnet ihgatebvasoee 5 grians. 
This was given in a dessert- speeitel of sherry, three times 
a-day. The patient is slightly but daily improving under 
this treatment, and I have hopes of a recovery. He has 
now been three weeks ill, and a fortnight under treatment. 
A slight increase was made in the nux vomica recently. 
M. Leblanc records the following case of meningitis in 
the “ Veterinarian,” 1843: 
