PARALYSIS IN A CALF. 
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the scapula, my attention was arrested by evident ulceration of 
the articular cartilage. I then examined the humerus, and found 
that the cartilage was considerably diseased. My curiosity was 
naturally excited by this, and I was led to examine other articu- 
lating surfaces ; and to my astonishment, I found all in the frame 
more or less diseased. The articular cartilages of the cervical, 
dorsal, and lumbar vertebrae, and the whole of the extremities, 
were ulcerated, even to the os pedis. The medulla spinalis and 
brain were not altered in structure. The wound in her foot was 
in a healthy state previous to her being attacked with tetanus — 
after that, it ceased to discharge : it became dry, and closed up ; 
nor could I again establish what I conceived to be a healthy 
discharge. 
I should feel very much obliged if you or your correspondents 
would give me your opinion concerning this extraordinary ap- 
pearance of disease ; and whether, if she had been cured of 
tetanus, there was a probability of saving her life. 
PARALYSIS IN A CALF. 
By Mr. R. Adam, Beaufort , Inverness. 
July 25th , 1S36. — I examined a male calf, the property of 
Mr. Fraser, of Lovat. It was in apparent good health the previous 
night, and had taken his usual supper of milk. I found him 
lying on his side, with his head extended, breathing most labo- 
riously, and with total loss of voluntary motion : the body was of 
the common and of an equal temperature. Mr. Fraser’s people 
had forced some milk upon him this morning, but he had not 
voided any faeces. The urine was in the usual quantity and of the 
usual appearance, and so it continued until the termination of 
the disease. 
I applied a strong blistering ointment along the whole of the 
spine, and gave an aperient, consisting of half a pound of Epsom 
salts : in the forenoon, the farm-overseer had abstracted a mode- 
rate quantity of blood, which shewed no indication of inflam- 
mation. 
26th . — No better : neither the blister nor the physic have had 
the slightest effect. The limbs motionless. I plunged a pointed 
instrument into both hind and fore limbs, and there was no ap- 
pearance of pain. I forced down a bottle of mild aperient mixture, 
with 3iij of ginger, and used fomentations and clysters repeatedly. 
27th. — Dead. The disease was entirely confined to the me- 
dulla spinalis, which was almost in a semifluid state, but of the 
