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on the following Sunday, and walked nearly half a mile to her 
stables. 
The other case of Mr. Clarke’s was that of a three-year- 
old filly that was attacked on the same day as the old mare, 
and was in the same field with her. She could not walk 
without staggering, and would fall if made to back or to turn 
sharply. She was very carefully led home and placed in an 
airy outhouse, where she had room enough to move about. 
I bled her copiously, and subjected her in every respect to 
the same treatment as the others already described, with the 
addition of the application of sheep-skins, with the flesh side 
inwards, to her back and loins. 
SECOND COMMUNICATION FROM MR. SMALL ON 
PARAPLEGIA. 
Since the above was forwarded for publication, I have 
had several other cases of paraplegia in my practice, all 
of which have presented the same symptoms, and yielded to 
the same course of treatment, except one, a young mare 
rising two-years old, the property of Mr. Terence Ottere, of 
Dundalk, and which died on the third day after the attack. 
I have been called to a case today, August 6th, how- 
ever, that presents a new feature ; viz., a continual and in- 
voluntary discharge of urine in small quantities, about 
as fast as it may be supposed the kidneys could secrete it. 
This horse is a valuable hunter, six years old, and the pro- 
perty of Dr. Savage, of Newry, a surgeon of great celebrity 
here, who is likewise a veterinary amateur and sportsman, 
and who, as may be supposed, takes a deep interest in 
the case. The horse is his favorite hunter, and has been 
lying idle in a large, loose box, since the termination of 
the hunting season in April last. He was in prime health 
and spirits on Sunday last, but on Monday it was observed 
that he went (( queer” behind. On Tuesday he could not 
be got up, having lain down during the night. 
My assistant administered a dose of physic ; and the doc- 
tor himself, on his own responsibility, gave another cathar- 
tic in the shape of a bottle of castor oil. The animal, as 
was to be expected, was consequently super-purged. I 
found him, to-day, lying flat on his side, with the upper- 
most fore leg stretched out and trembling, as in a tetanic 
patient which has fallen just before death. The pulse is 
full, and not over 50. He feeds well when his head and 
