330 ON THE EFFICACY OF THE ERGOT OF RYE. 
and the cysticerci, and they have always been accompanied 
by paralysis or mania, the former being the most frequent 
occurrence; but in the brain and spinal cord in the quadruped 
other entozoa have been occasionally found. Numerous cysti- 
cerci have been seen in the pig, either beneath the vascular 
coat of the brain or imbedded in its substance. In one case 
no fewer than twenty were contained in the right ventricle of 
one of these animals*. 
The food of the quadruped, cropped from the surface of the 
ground or rooted out of the earth, may favour the access of 
entozoa of various kinds, and which, from occasional lesions, 
may be introduced into the substance of the brain, or beneath 
the membranes of the spinal cord. Our cases of paralysis 
terminating fatally should be more carefully examined into 
than they generally are. 
Connected with this subject, the reader may refer, with some 
pleasure and profit, to the review of Otto’s Human and Com- 
parative Pathological Anatomy, in the 10th volume of The 
Veterinarian, p. 42. With reference to this subject, the 
admirable papers of M. Bouley on the Diseases of the Spinal 
Cord, in vol. iii of The Veterinarian, p. 592, and pages 
51 and 167 in the 7th volume, may be read with advantage. 
-Y] 
To the Editors of “The Veterinarian.” 
ON THE EFFICACY OF THE ERGOT OF RYE. 
By John Harrison, Esq., M.R.C.S., Chester. 
The following case, shewing the efficacy of ergot of rye in 
animals, may be interesting both to you and the readers of The 
Veterinarian; I therefore send it you, requesting that you 
will make whatever use of it you may think proper. 
My father had a little terrier bitch, which commenced pupping 
on Thursday last. After disposing of one in the early part of 
the day, she continued straining and using the most violent exer- 
tions until late in the afternoon of the following day, without suc- 
cess in producing more. 
At this time she appeared to be worn out, and sinking from 
exhaustion, frequently fainting, and constantly vomiting ; in fact, 
* Andral’s Pathological Anatomy, vol. ii, p. 780; Otto's Pathological 
Anatomy, by South, p. 422 ; Rec. de Med. Vet., Dec. 1829. 
