150 THE CANADIAN HOESE 



the flan ks j^ lie cann ot move f or a few minutes . He drops 

 on his hind quarte rs ; can ha rdly drag them after him. 

 When ma de io m ove, he drops as if his leg was dislocated 

 or broken. The pulse is very high, from sixty to eighty , and 

 the muscles_of the quarter are swolle n and hard. In some 

 cases he gets down, a nd canno t ge t up ag ain ; but seldom is 

 loss of power at firs t compl ete, or "sensib ility e ntirely lost. 

 The urine is gener ally v ery high coloure d ; we have seen it 

 black, and always voided wit h difficulty. 



^.T reatment. — When seen in the earl y stag es, Abstract six 

 quarts of blo odj remove the urine with a catheter, diligently 

 apply hot wate r cloths t o the lo ins, a nd cov er t hem well up 

 with dr y blan ke ts, ch anged every half-hour, ^i ve twenty 

 drops of ti ncture of ac onite i n a litt le c old wa ter every two 

 hours, tUL^ fev er subsi des. If the pain is very severe and 

 twitching, give the following 



. Drench. 



/ Sweet spirits of nitre, . 2 ounces. 

 7 Tincture, of opium, . 2 ounces. 



/ Cold water, ... 1 quart. 

 Mix. 



Injections of soap and water s hould be given, and the legs 

 well rubbed and bandaged. / Eight drachms of aloes should) 

 d so be given./ ' ' 



"Tln^ m ost cases it will yi eld to this t reatme nt, and in j hrea 

 or four days he will be co nv alescent. However, in many 

 the loss of pow er increases ; he makes frequent efforts to 

 get up, but cannot su ppor t himself behind^ I n these cases 

 the spine should be freely blistered with mustard and 

 turpe ntine, or t he str ong ammoni acal liniment Frequent 

 small dos es of warnibeer a nd swee t n itre sh o uld be given, 

 and restri cted di et, ca rrots^ , bra n-mash , &c. W hen all feve r._ 

 and acute symptoms have subsided, and recoyery of power is 



