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NEPHRITIS AND PARAPLEGIA. 
of brown-coloured urine. After that he voided some dung with 
considerable effort, but this did not afford him any relief. 
From that time until his death, the symptoms which have 
already been described returned, and more frequently as the 
strength of the animal wore away — he became covered once more 
with a cold sweat — he tumbled sometimes on the right side, and 
sometimes on the left — he looked round continually at his flanks, 
placing his muzzle on the space between his girths — his respira- 
tion was short and precipitate — the alae of his nostrils were ex- 
panded and immoveable — the pulse was precipitate, the artery 
being hard and small, and rolling under the finger. When he 
was down, he endeavoured to roll himself upon his back ; and 
when his prepuce was touched, he immediately commenced the 
most extraordinary expulsive efforts. 
24 th . — After another violent return of these dreadful symp- 
toms, we bled him a fourth time, and subtracted four pounds of 
blood, and again with a slight remission of the symptoms. The 
eyes of the animal were still glancing in every direction — his ears 
were in constant motion, even when he was lying down. About 
mid-day he voided a pint of urine, and a considerable quantity 
of dung-balls were also evacuated, although with considerable 
difficulty. He walked very feebly, and abundant sweats again 
broke out on his groin, his sheath, and abdomen. 
2 Dth . — He was quiet during the night, but about five o’clock 
in the morning his pains recommenced. In order to obtain some 
relief from his sufferings, we once more bled him, and the abstrac- 
tion of four pounds more gave him the usual relief. At length 
came an almost total prostration of strength. The pulse was 
totally gone, and universal and intense cold speedily followed. 
He still contrived to raise himself, and then fell again — he looked 
deploringly at his flanks — his respiration was as frequent as his 
pulse, of which we could no longer feel the beating : the cold 
sweat continued, and at half past eleven o’clock at night he died. 
We opened him at three o’clock on the following afternoon, 
the carcass having been placed on its back from the time of the 
death of the animal. 
The digestive organs were perfectly sound, and so was the 
bladder, the ureters, and the urinary canal ; but the kidneys 
were not more than two-thirds of their natural size, and were 
surrounded by a mass of fat. They were as black as ink, 
softened at their edges, and almost falling in pieces by their 
mere weight. The cortical substance was in a state of decompo- 
sition, but the pelvis was not sensibly affected in either. The 
right kidney was more disorganized than the left one. There 
were no lesions in any of the other organs, whether accessory or 
secondary. 
[To be continued.] 
