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I was called to him in a few minutes, and found him in extreme 
suffering, with the perspiration running down his face and legs. I 
at once bled him in the thigh ; but while bleeding, the other leg 
failed him. Had tons of weight been placed upon his hips, he could 
not have been forced to make greater or more desperate, though 
ineffectual, efforts to stand. We made many attempts to get him 
on his feet again, and succeeded in getting him on to his fore feet 
once a day for three days, but he could not stand. He died on the 
fourth or fifth day. 
The Fijith Case.— In January or February last year, a brewer’s 
horse was brought to my place. The carter said something was the 
matter with the animal, but he could not tell what. The horse was 
put into a loose box, and in a few minutes he was observed to show 
a little lameness in the near hind leg ; the lameness increased very 
rapidly ; the limb failing him entirely as shown by his continually 
crouching down, his sufferings were of a most dreadful character ; 
within half an hour he became utterly unable to stand ; the other 
hind leg had now failed him equally, but he bore up against the 
disease with a mad desperation. We got the slings under him and 
supported him, -but this afforded him no relief. No treatment was 
of use : he died within four or five days. The animal was never 
quiet or free from suffering during the whole of that time. In 
this case I did not bleed ; the vital powers seemed as if they had no 
power to rally. Although I neglected to attend to the post-mortem 
examination of these two cases myself, I sent my assistant, who 
brought me word there were no morbid changes observed ; but it is 
my opinion, that in every case in which there is a loss of power, we 
may depend upon finding a clot of blood pressing upon the inferior 
column of the spinal marrow ; or a softening of that division ; and 
that whenever we have a loss of sensation, we shall find a clot of 
blood pressing upon the superior column of spinal marrowy or a 
softening of that division. I have seen in cases of tetanus, some 
very marked instances of softening of both columns for eight or 
ten inches in that portion of the spinal marrow which passes through 
the lumbar region. In confirmation of these views, I will conclude 
my paper by transcribing three cases reported by Mr. Bouley, who 
is, as you know, the most eminent and most accurate observer 
in France. 
The first case is — 
Loss of Motion , Sensation remaining perfect. — An entire draught 
horse manifested total want of power of motion of the hind legs, 
but the feeling remained perfect. These symptoms continued three 
days, and then the animal died. All the inferior part of the spinal 
marrow was softened and semifluid, while the superior part had 
undergone no change. The inferior motor columns w r ere diseased, 
decomposed, and then their function ceased ; the superior sensitive 
columns exhibited no lesion, and perfectly discharged their func- 
tion. 
Loss of Feeling , the Power of motion being retained. — On the 
other hand, a cow that fell the day after calving was able to move 
