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rapid and violent motion — will not feed. Give a drachm ot 
Epsom salts every morning ; in the afternoon give four grains of 
antimonial powder, and one of opium; and the nitrate of silver 
at night. 
10M. — Very much better — the spasms have left all but one 
hind leg, but that works as violently as before. The animal sits 
up, looks around him, and eats fairly. Medicine as in the preced- 
ing case. 
13 th. — Both the fore and hind leg on the left side are involved, 
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but not working violently. Continue medicine. 
22d. — This treatment has been rigorously pursued. The spasms 
not so violent, but the animal seems to be sinking. Continue 
medicine, and stimulate the spine with spirit of turpentine. 
27th. — No progress towards a cure, but, on the contrary, 
although the animal feeds well and the eye is clear, it is getting 
thinner and weaker every day. Continue treatment. 
July 1 . — Rapidly sinking. 
3 d . — Hope having been long gone, and maggots beginning to 
burrow in him even while alive, I obtained leave to destroy 
him. The viscera, thoracic and abdominal, were somewhat col- 
lapsed, but presented no trace of inflammation. The brain and 
spinal cord were in the same softened and semifluid state as in 
the other jackal. 
Epilepsy. 
June 6th, 1833 — Another African jackal was well on the 
4th inst. : yesterday it had several fits, and now sits in the corner 
of its cage trembling all over, and the eyes continually closing, as 
if impatient of light. Bleed to eight ounces; give calomel gr. ij, 
and afterwards give a drachm of the following alterative powder 
daily, — iEthiops mineral two drachms, nitre one ounce, and sul- 
phur two ounces. 
7th. — No return of the fits. Give a drachm of Epsom salts 
every morning, and the alterative at night. 
10 th. — The countenance has cleared up, and the animal has 
few marks of indisposition about it. Medicine as in the two 
preceding cases. 
13^. — Well, and sold. 
Paralysis, with Inflammation of the Bowels or 
Urinary Organs. 
1833. Julyblh. — Fisher Marten.— She wasobserved this 
morning to get from her inner to her outer habitation with some 
difficulty, and which speedily increased to perfect loss of power 
over the hind limbs. She is said to be constipated. Give a table 
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