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or hemiplegia, I believe to be the most rare ; at least, such has 
been the result of my experience. I have known horses that 
have recovered from this last-mentioned form of the disease 
(hemiplegia) work for years, having the upper lip completely 
drawn to one side. 
The subject of the present case was a grey gelding, four years 
old, the property of Mr. T , a very extensive omnibus pro- 
prietor in this neighbourhood. 
He was bought in the spring of the present year, when only 
just four years old, and put to work ; and he certainly appeared 
then a fine strong promising gelding. But he had not been at 
work long before he began to exhibit evident signs of weakness 
in the fetlock-joints of the hind limbs ; for which his owner, in 
consideration of his youth, determined upon having him blistered, 
and gave him three or four months’ run at grass. 
In the early part of July last he was blistered in both hind 
limbs, and on the 17th of the same month he was turned into a 
large park at Barnes, in Surrey ; and continued to go on well 
and improve in every respect up to the 4th of September, seven 
weeks from the time he was turned out. On the afternoon of 
that day he was observed by the person purposely kept in at- 
tendance upon the horses there at grass, to be lying down and 
struggling. At the moment he was thought only to be rolling. 
The very instant, however, his condition was ascertained, as- 
sistance was sought, and he was soon upon his legs again. 
But he experienced a difficulty for some time in standing. In 
the mean time a messenger was despatched for me, with a 
message, that the horse was down and dying. I remarked, if 
such were the case, it would be useless for me to go. At all 
events, I repaired in haste to the spot. 
When I arrived, I was informed that he had been seen 
several times during the morning feeding with the other horses, 
and appeared as well as usual, even up to as late as one o’clock 
P.M., it being about half-past three when he was first observed 
lying down. 
Symptoms at six o'clock , P.M. — He was standing, with head 
and neck considerably straightened ; pulse 40 ; membranes of 
their natural hue ; countenance slightly disturbed ; muscles 
about the neck rigid ; twitching of the muscles about the shoulder 
and fore-arm of the near side ; when made to move, reeled con- 
siderably with the hind quarters ; a great want of power in ex- 
tending the near fore limb ; occasionally, the instant he attempted 
to extend it, it gave way in some such manner as a prop sud- 
denly does which is placed to support a weight, and this very 
nearly ended in his falling every time he made such mis-step. 
The affected parts retained their sensation. The next thing 
