335 
Paralysis from Affection of the Spinal Cord. 
1833. November 5th. — Brown Coati Mun di. — Was ap- 
parently well yesterday ; to-day has nearly lost the use of his 
hinder limbs : he drags them after him ; or if he stands upon 
them, it is in an uncertain balancing manner. A tablespoonful 
of castor oil mixture was given ; it produced one black stool, and, 
after that, some yellow ones. The mixture was repeated at noon ; 
a warm bath was used ; plenty of warm broth poured down, and 
the animal put into a warm place. 
6th. — He has a little regained the use of his hind legs, but 
his fore ones are now powerless. Keep him warm, give warm 
broths, and continue the castor oil mixture. 
7th . — More powerless, but he still eats. Continue treatment. 
8th. — The palsy increases, and the animal rapidly loses flesh. 
Continue treatment, and embrocate the whole course of the spine 
with a liniment composed of one ounce each of spirit of turpentine 
and liq. ammoniae, and half an ounce of laudanum. 
10^. — Has rallied a little ; can scramble a little on his fore- 
legs ; eats as heartily as ever. Continue the mixture and lini- 
ment. Give one-eighth of a grain of nitrate of silver morning and 
night; and supply well with warm bread and milk, and broth. 
13 th. — Little change, except progressive emaciation. Con- 
tinue treatment. 
1 6th. — Losing now the use of his fore-limbs, but gaining some 
power over his hinder ones. Thinner than ever. Continue 
treatment. * 
24th. — This poor animal continued gradually to sink until last 
night, when it died. The thoracic and abdominal cavities pre- 
sented very slight appearances of disease ; but the mystery was 
unfolded in the spinal cord. As soon as the spinal cavity was 
opened, injection of the membranes of the cord was sufficiently 
evident, while the inferior (anterior) portion of the marrow itself 
was almost semifluid. The roots of the nerves from the inferior 
(anterior) columns were of a pinkish hue, and that could be 
plainly traced to the ganglia belonging to the superior (posterior) 
roots, and even a little beyond this. About the humeral and sa- 
cral plexuses this was beautifully evident. 
