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PARAPLEGIA IN A HORSE. 
By Capt. W. Hickey, 15th Irr. Cavalry, Lahore. 
On the 15th of August last, one of the troop-horses, an 
aged gelding, was brought to the sick lines with the following 
symptoms : — Profuse perspiration all over the body, flanks 
heaving, pulse hard and quick. As he walks his hind 
legs completely cross each other, and he turns with much 
difficulty. I learned from the trooper that the horse had 
refused his corn the day before ; that his dung was hard and 
urine scanty, and that he had not been on any duty for a 
fortnight. Considering this to be a case of partial paralysis, 
of which disease I had lately two fatal cases, 1 treated it by 
opening both jugular veins, and did not pin either of them up 
till the pulse began to falter. I then gave a purge of — 
Aloes, 5vj ; 
Hydr. Cklorid., 5j ; 
back-raked, and threw up copious injections of warm water. 
1 afterwards shaved the hair off along the course of the spine, 
from the withers to the tail, and rubbed in a strong liniment 
of cantharides. The next day the physic operated freely, 
the blister had risen w r ell ; and the pulse also w 7 as less dis- 
turbed. I ordered some gruel to be given, and some fresh 
lucern grass, which he seemed to relish. On the following 
day, my assistant (a native) came and reported that the horse 
was worse : on going to see him I found him sitting on his 
haunches, and quite unable to rise on his hind legs. His 
pulse being soft and rather weak, I did not like to bleed 
again, but applied a fresh blister to his spine and gave a ball 
composed of, 
Hydr. Cklorid. et Opii, aa 3j ; 
wffiich I repeated in the evening. On the next day he 
appeared to be about the same; I therefore repeated the 
balls morning and evening, and gave an enema. He took his 
gruel and ate some fresh-cut grass. 
On the 19th, there being no change, I rubbed in some 
more liniment and gave the balls as before. 
20th. No apparent improvement. Drank his gruel but 
refused the grass. Repeated the bail morning and evening. 
21st. On visiting my patient I found him lying dowm 
in a natural position : the trooper said that during 
the night the horse had got up of his own accord, 
