THE EDINBURGH VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
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General Abstract. 
Total No. of Horses.... 
270 
Deaths 9 
„ „ Cattle .... 
24 
„ 1 
„ » Dogs 
29 
1 
Cats 
4 
» 1 
Cured or relieved 
327 
Died or destroyed 12 
From the number and variety of cases given in the foregoing 
statement, it necessarily follows that there have been many pecu- 
liarities developed during the progress of some of them, calculated 
to confer on the student much valuable practical knowledge: these 
peculiarities, of course, your limits forbid embodying in what must, 
for obvious reasons, consist of general remarks. 
The case of epilepsy occurred in a young cow, the property of 
Mr. Muir, Silver Mills. She had suffered from fits during two days 
previously to application for professional assistance being made at 
the College, and presented at that time, the 29th of March, an un- 
promising appearance. Although the fits recurred every few hours, 
even if she was kept quiet, they were hastened by any attempt 
being made to rouse or otherwise disturb her. On examining the 
mouth, eyes, or other part about the head, a fit was immediately 
induced. She suddenly protruded the tongue, closed the jaws 
firmly, rolled the eyes wildly in their sockets, and, at the same 
time, violently dashed herself upon the ground ; then extended her 
limbs forcibly, and uttered several loud groans. She continued 
several minutes in an unconscious rigid condition, when the muscles 
gradually relaxed, the eyeballs and tongue regained their natural 
situations by a jerking motion, and, elevating herself upon her belly, 
she raised her head and looked stupidly around, without attempt- 
ing to rise for some time. The owner was rather anxious to de- 
stroy the beast, especially as any attempts to administer medicine 
evidently tended to accelerate the approach of fits. He was, how- 
ever, induced to allow us a little time in order to try the effect of 
remedial means, and which, fortunately, were soon productive of 
benefit. After a few days’ appropriate treatment the fits entirely 
subsided, and the cow soon recovered. 
The cases of Influenza in horses have again been numerous, 
and the peculiarity displayed by the disease to involve in inflam- 
mation the thoracic viscera has, in many instances, manifested itself. 
Three cases under this head have died : one from effusion super- 
vening at a stage of the disease when the powers of nature were 
much enfeebled ; the other two were cases that had run far on 
towards an unfavourable termination before we saw them ; and, in 
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