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and when exposed to the action of a cold damp atmosphere 
they contract a predisposition to rheumatic and cerebral 
affections. The subacute encephalitis now under considera- 
tion appears to belong to the latter category. Gemeinder 
considered it as a rhuematismo-gastric-bilious or erysipelatous 
form of influenza, complicated with inflammation of the 
cerebro-spinal meninges. 
At the commencement of the disease the animals often 
manifested symptoms of colic, pawing the ground and look- 
ing back frequently towards the right hypochondriuin ; they 
soon lay down and became tranquil for some time. They 
continued to eat, but preferred food which had little nutrition 
in it. In two or three days the visible mucous membranes 
assumed a yellow tinge, and a cerebral affection declared 
itself. Among those so attacked some were refractory or 
timorous before the invasion of the disease, others were som- 
nolescent and staggered in their gait ; a number exhibited a 
certain superexcitation of the genital organs, due to serous 
infiltration of the meninges of the medulla oblongata and 
spinal cord, which soon resulted in incurable paraplegia ; 
others moved about in a circular manner, or were delirious ; 
while more showed symptoms of dysphagia and dyspnoea. 
The tongue "was sometimes tumified and paralysed, consecu- 
tive on the loss of power of the ninth, tenth, and twelfth 
pairs of nerves. 
Of all the manifestations noticed, the hepatic symptoms 
were the most constant and the first to appear ; the disturb- 
ance of the liver's functions should therefore be considered 
as being the primary affection. 
The cadaveric lesions were : the liver more or less deeply 
coloured than in a normal state, the parenchyma friable, and 
its serous envelope furnished w r ith filamentous prolongations. 
The spleen increased in volume. The serous tunic of the 
intestines injected in places; the caecum and stomach para- 
lysed (?) ; the thoracic organs usually healthy, and the 
pharynx, oesophagus, and tongue paralysed (?). The cerebro- 
spinal meninges injected ; the encephalon more or less con- 
sistent than in health ; an accumulation of serosity in the 
ventricles and between the meninges; and the choroid plexus 
and meninges infiltrated. 
With regard to treatment, Gemeinder employed, internally, 
nitre, calomel, tartarized antimony and camphor, or aloes 
combined with the antimony or with calomel. Externally, 
frictions with preparations of cantharides were applied to the 
neck and cranium. At a later period iced compresses were 
substituted, but with no more satisfactory results, and at 
