ON CHRONIC MENINGITIS IN THE HOG. 
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My patient got nothing to eat or drink for twenty-four hours, 
at the end of which time I put the pipe of the syringe into the 
side of her mouth and injected a large quantity of thick gruel 
down her throat. I fed her in the same way for a week or ten 
days, when I was able to remove all bandages, and in three 
weeks from the day she entered my infirmary she was able to 
leave it perfectly recovered. She is now in training again, and 
will henceforth tread the turf under the name of Fracture. 
ON CHRONIC MENINGITIS IN THE DOG. 
By M. U. Leblanc, Med. Vet. Paris. 
A dog of small size, with smooth brown hair, of race not quite 
determined, aged three years, and belonging to M. Duo, was 
very subject to those epileptic fits that are so frequent among 
dogs. After a considerable period the fits would cease, and the 
animal recover the appearance of perfect health ; but the more 
he advanced in age the more frequent were the fits, which is 
contrary to that which usually happens. 
I have often seen these fits cease with the complete evolution 
of the adult teeth. 
The last fit was a very strong one, and was followed by pecu- 
liar symptoms. The animal became dispirited — the eyes lost 
their usual lively appearance, and the eyelids were often closed. 
The dog was very drowsy ; and, during sleep, there were observed, 
from time to time, spasmodic movements, principally of the mus- 
cles of the head and chest. He always lay down on the left side. 
When he walked he had a marked propensity to turn to the left*. 
The animal was placed under my care. 
I employed purgatives, a seton in the back part of the neck, 
and the application of the cautery to the left side of the forehead ; 
but nothing would stop the progress of the disease, and the dog 
died in the course of two months after the last epileptic fit. 
During his abode in my establishment he had the run of the 
garden when it was fine weather. From the drowsiness that he 
had when he was shut up, he almost always recovered himself 
when he had his liberty, and especially while his strength re- 
mained. He was constantly in motion, and perpetually walking 
up and down from right to left. This terminated by falling from 
mere weariness ; but he presently rose again and recommenced 
* It is a tiling very worthy of remark, that in several similar circumstances 
I have almost always seen the clog 1 turn to the left side. 
