432 COMMUNICATION FROM MR. R. H. HOLLOWAY. 
The patient was a brown gelding, three years old, the 
property of a farmer residing at Annestown, distant twelve 
miles from Waterford. The owner was riding the horse the 
day previous, for the second time, a distance of only two 
miles, when he found him going “ wide.” He immediately 
dismounted, put him into a field by the road-side, and soon 
after this the animal fell. The next day I was requested to 
attend him. He had been lying in the field all night. The 
symptoms present were not so violent as the last case re- 
ported, but he was unable to rise. He was therefore got on 
his feet by the aid of some strong, able fellows, when he 
wheeled about several times upon his haunches, and fell 
down upon his side. I removed the contents of both the 
rectum and bladder, administered a powerful dose of aloes, 
&c., and employed an embrocation composed of Liq. Am. 
Fort, and Ol. Lini, part, sequal to the lumbar region. I 
also gave instructions not to allow the horse to injure him- 
self in his attempts to rise. The following day, with the 
assistance of a few hands, the animal got up, and is now 
doing well. 
Mr. Percivall, in his c Hippopathology/ p. 41, under the 
head Palsy, writes — “No l topes can be entertained of a case 
arising from casting or fall , or other violent injury ; and , there- 
fore , the advice may , without hesitation , be a pistol-shot” I 
am much indebted to the writer’s works for very valuable 
information, at the same time it is always necessary to 
receive advice, such as that just quoted, and even from so 
well-known and esteemed a pen, with caution, since it has 
fallen to my lot to witness a good many cases of palsy, 
which arose from casting, &c., and, after some patience and 
care, the animals have recovered, and lived and did well 
afterwards. 
As I intend, hereafter, collecting together my notes for the 
past few 7 years bearing upon the subject of paralysis, I shall 
then include those cases that arise from various causes, such 
as castration, casting, falls, hematuria, indigestion, &c. 
COMMUNICATION 
By R. H. Holloway, M.R.C.V.S., Y.S. 2d Madras L. C. 
Gentlemen, — Had the several communications which I 
had the honour to forward you last year, met with less 
courtesy at your hands, I should, no doubt, experience less 
regret than 1 do, at having been unable to continue them. 
