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all which are required for his convalescence under good 
treatment. 
If Mr. Small does not find on inquiry that his patients 
were similarly circumstanced as to food, I hope he will again 
refer to the subject, that we may learn if the diseases we are 
describing are identical. 
COMMENTS ON MR. SMALL'S CASES OF 
PARALYSIS. 
By Joseph Tait, Portsoy. 
I observe in this month’s number (September) of your 
publication, some cases recorded by Mr. Small as a new 
epidemic among horses. The disease in question — want of 
nervous energy — has been very common in this part of the 
country for eleven or twelve years, more especially during the 
months of July and August. 
The wonder is, that more of the narrated cases did not die 
under the treatment had recourse to. My friendly advice to 
Mr. Small would be, keep your lancet in your pocket, your 
physic in the drawers ; give the patient plenty of bruised 
oats and hay, put him into a loose box, and keep all quiet ; 
and in a few days he will be well. 
SINGULAR CASES OF CEDEMA OF THE HEAD. 
By “A Practitioner.” 
A short time since I was called to attend a thorough- 
bred mare, labouring under the usual symptoms of strangles, 
accompanied with a copious discharge from the nostrils. 
Having adopted the necessary measures, all seemed to be 
going on right, when three days afterwards I was sent for 
in a hurry, the messenger stating that the animal w ? as nearly 
suffocated. When I arrived, I found her labouring hard for 
breath ; the pulse quick and weak, and the submaxillary 
gland much swollen. I at once performed tracheotomy, 
which gave immediate relief ; I also stimulated the swelling 
around the gland. The next day the swelling had extended 
towards the eyes and lips, and much effusion had taken 
