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PALSY IN A MAKE. 
I abstracted sixteen pounds of blood, administered a strong 
cathartic, and applied a blister to the poll (during the latter 
operation he fell three times). He was put into a large and well- 
ventilated loose box, and a bran mash and a pailful of gruel were 
placed beside him. He attacked the mash with the greatest 
avidity, opening his jaws to twice their natural width. The 
muscles of deglutition were also affected, causing difficulty in 
swallowing. I ordered him to be kept quiet, fed sparingly, and, 
if no improvement was perceived after the lapse of twelve hours, 
the bleeding to be repeated. I also gave a ball of pulv. nucis 
vumic., pulv. gent, et pulv. zingib. It was, however, found to be 
impossible either to bleed, or give him the ball ; neither could 
the blister be dressed ; the medicine was therefore divided, and 
mixed in his mash morning and evening. At the expiration of 
a fortnight he was led out to gentle exercise in the park, and at 
the end of two months resumed his work. 
Palsy in the left Side of a Mare. 
Sept. 12, 1842, I was called to attend an aged saddle mare, 
belonging to Pat. Sellar, Esq., Morvech. Being a favourite, she 
was kept excessively fat. To-day she was ridden a few miles, 
and suddenly taken ill. On returning home, I found her within 
half-a-mile of the stable, and lying by the side of the road. She 
lay on the left side, the limbs of which were motionless, but 
with the right fore and hind legs she struggled greatly. The 
pulse was hard and accelerated, the breathing quick and heavy, 
the abdomen distended ; partial cold sweats are on the right side, 
the palsied limbs are cold, and the vital properties of the left 
side evidently diminished. Venesection 13 lbs. Administer a 
strong aloetic cathartic in solution — turn her on the other side, 
and apply with friction a stimulant liniment to the diseased 
side and legs: mucilaginous drinks and emollient enemata 
were occasionally administered. In three hours she was bled 
a second time, covered well with dry straw, and two men 
left to watch her during the night. I left her at nine 
o’clock, p.m., four hours after which she rose and walked to 
the stable. 
13 th, 8 o'clock, a.m. — She is on her feet, and has been so all 
night — the pulse 45 — breathing more tranquil — she is weak, and 
moves the left hind quarter with difficulty — the side and legs 
have regained their feeling, and are warmer — she has eaten her 
mash, and drinks gruel freely. Allow a little hay, bandage the 
legs, and keep her quiet. 
