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down in the stable, seemed in pain, and was unable to rise, 
although efforts were made for that purpose ; besides which, 
she was assisted to do so. After the lapse of a few hours I 
was directed to go and see her. 
The symptoms and appearances, when first I saw her, 
were as follow : violent struggles with the fore limbs ; the 
hind ones powerless ; profuse perspiration ; pulse and respi- 
ration accelerated during the paroxysms ; faeces hard and 
scanty ; bladder distended with fluid. On introducing a 
catheter, I removed upwards of two gallons of urine, which 
was of the colour and consistence of thick porter, and had 
a strong odour. The removal of this seemed to give the 
animal much relief, but only for a short space of time. A 
draught was then administered, consisting of Sol. aloes, Tinct. 
Opii, Spt. ^Eth. Nit., et Spt. Ammon, comp. Over the loins 
was applied a sinapism, and portions of the above-named 
mixture were ordered to be given every four hours until relief 
was obtained. I left strict injunctions not to allow her to 
attempt to get up, and, to prevent this, several men were 
placed with her for that purpose day and night. She 
remained down, after I saw her, upwards of thirty hours, 
when she seemed determined to rise, and, with the assist- 
ance of a few men, she got up and walked about. I had 
her taken into a field and walked for half an hour, and from 
that time she continued to recover rapidly. 
The next case was a grey gelding, the property of a lady 
at Woodstown. He was an aged horse. On Monday, 
May 4, 1857, this horse was in town, distant about seven 
Irish miles from Woodstown. He did his work as well as 
usual ; but on his going out of this establishment, I remarked 
that his gait was imperfect, especially on turning round a 
corner. At the moment I was under the impression that he 
had struck his hind foot, as he had cut his leg since the last 
time he was shod, and I thought it just possible that this 
v^as the cause of the peculiar action. In a few hours, how- 
ever, I was sent for to see him, as he was unable to keep 
upon his legs. The servant said that, in going up the hill 
near the house, the horse staggered. On my arrival I 
examined him, and found paralysis of the hindermost parts 
present. I gave him a draught similar to the one before 
described, and as soon as that was done, he fell down in the 
box. The treatment from first to last was similar to the 
other case, but no effort of mine could save him. He died 
during the night of Tuesday. 
The next case, and the last I shall trouble your readers 
with, was one which occurred on Friday, the 12th of June. 
