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or soon after, his penis became pendulous and drawn round, so 
that he staled between his hind legs. I kept him for some time, 
and administered almost every thing that I could think of as 
likely to do good, but there was still none or but very little alter- 
ation : I had him killed, and examined him without finding any 
of the ordinary causes of paralysis. 
To these I could add other cases of paralytic affection, — as a 
cart-horse with the upper lip drawn on one side, and which, after 
some time, returned to its place : a young cart-rnare that had 
much difficulty in feeding, and for a long time (if not until now) 
had her tongue drawn on one side, with the tip outside of her 
mouth when at rest. There is another mare still under observa- 
tion : she came under my care, desperately diseased and out of 
condition, nearly five years since, and has been ridden as a hack 
nearly ever since, except that, being an extraordinary jumper, she 
was a good deal with hounds. She has had, and still has to a 
slight degree, her upper lip and tail drawn towards the off side; 
the tail in particular when galloping and leading with the fore 
leg of the same side. She was, some time since, after severe work, 
unable to feed for a little time after coming in, and the same 
cause also appeared to operate for an hour or two by making her 
not quite air-tight behind. She is getting an old mare, and has 
never been a credit to her stable; yet from her goodness as a 
hack and huntress, valued too highly to be parted with on 
account of her infirmities, and some day or other I hope to see 
what I can as to the cause of them. 
A certified Practitioner. 
DISEASES OF THE HEART. 
By Mr. T. Proctor, Solihull. 
CASE. I. 
Inflammation of the lungs, with Affection of the 
Heart. 
On the evening of the 7th November, 1834, about ten o’clock, 
Mr Allcock, of Solihull Hall, requested my assistance to a brown 
hackney mare in tolerable condition and four years old. Symp- 
toms : Pulse 64, full, hard and rather oppressed ; respiration 
hurried ; membrane of the nose much reddened ; ears and ex- 
tremities quite warm ; appetite nearly gone. Her refusing her 
night’s allowance of corn, first excited the suspicion that all was 
not well. Some time ago the mare had done badly, but of late 
had wonderfully improved in her condition. I bled her to five 
quarts, when the pulse began to falter. The blood coagulated 
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