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TAIL-SLIP. 
By Mr. . 
In the spring of 1827, I was sent for to a cow that was sup- 
posed to be “ at tail,” as it is termed among us. I found her 
lying down, and unable to rise : she had some fever upon her, 
but she ate and drank well. I bled her from the jugular vein 
and gave her a dose of physic, and was urged to cut off her tail : 
I laughed at this, and refused. 
She continued down for full three weeks. When lifted up, she 
could not support herself ; yet her appetite was very little, if at 
all, impaired. I adopted what I thought was proper treatment — 
kept her bowels open with medicine, and stimulated her loins; 
yet she would not get up. At last I was compelled to yield to 
the urgent entreaties of her owner, and did cut off a small por- 
tion of her tail. On the next day she was up, and seemed to 
have the full use of her limbs. This is rather perplexing to the 
young practitioner. 
[The coincidence of time was certainly annoying, and our 
young friend lost the praise, which was justly his due, for per- 
severing so long in the use of that treatment to which, and not 
to the docking, the recovery of the animal is to be traced. Never 
mind : science and honesty will triumph in the long-run. — Edit.] 
AFFECTIONS OF THE SPINAL CORD. 
By Mr. T. Chapman, Nottingham. 
Aug. 17, 1835. — I was desired to examine a chesnut horse, 
the property of Mr. Clark, of Southampton. It appeared from 
the statement of the groom, who had been a few miles from town 
with him in a light cart, that he dropped suddenly with his 
hind quarters, but immediately recovered himself; still, how- 
ever, staggering and appearing weak. He got home with some 
difficulty, and I was consulted. The pulse was 50, but irre- 
gular ; the animal shrunk when pressed upon the loins ; he still 
staggered as he walked, and the weakness was evidently refer- 
able to the hind legs. 
I abstracted blood 101b. Gave a cathartic ball, and ordered 
him to be kept warm. 
