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CEREBRAL CONGESTION IN A HORSE. 
sensible : has made one or two ineffectual attempts to get 
up. Continue the injections, with the addition of Ol. Lini, 
Oss, and keep him perfectly quiet. 
5 p.m. About the same : the bowels have been relieved, 
and he has also passed a small quantity of high-coloured 
urine. I had him lifted into the hospital by means of ropes 
and horse-cloths, as it was threatening to rain. 
10 p.m. He is still in the same powerless state, but is 
enabled to move the fore extremities. The eye is suscep- 
tible to light, and the Schneiderian membrane still much 
congested, though less so than before. He has, by means of 
a bottle, taken a little chilled water, and seems inclined to 
eat, if allowed to do so. Ordered to be left quiet for the 
night. 
August 3d. — 5 a.m. The symptoms are about the same, 
but the pulse now numbers only 65. The medicine is acting 
slightly on the bowels- Apply a blister to the back of the 
head, and give — 
Hyd. Chlor., ^ss, et Pulv. Opii, gr. x. 3 
every four hours, and rub the spine with Lin. Ammo. Fort. 
Noon. The medicine is now acting satisfactorily, the 
patient is quite sensible, although in other respects the same. 
From this date, to the morning of the 6th, scarcely any 
alteration was perceptible. The blister, although a strong 
one, took scarcely any effect, and the patient continued in 
the same helpless state. The pulse has varied from 58 to 70. 
He has drunk several bottles of gruel daily, and eaten 
a little lucerne and grass. Frequent but unsuccessful 
attempts to get up have been made. The general symptoms 
lead me to conclude that I have a case of paraplegia to deal 
with, as the brain now appears to be relieved of all congestion, 
but the hind extremities remain perfectly powerless. Under 
such circumstances I determine to try the effects of strych- 
nine, although I look on the case as hopeless. 
August 6th. — 6 a.m. Gave strychnine, gr. ij, which did not 
produce any effect till two hours after its administration, 
when the pulse rose to 76, and was accompanied w T ith slight 
twitchings of the muscles of the nostrils. 
Noon. I repeated the strychnine, increasing it one grain, by 
3 p.m. the pulse had risen to 80, and slight spasmodic 
action of the muscles of the fore extremities and of the nostrils 
had shown themselves. The breathing also w r as somewhat 
accelerated. 
6 p.m. Strychnine repeated. 
9 p.m. Pulse 120, profuse perspiration covers the body, 
