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NEPHRITIS AND PARAPLEGIA. 
bets for them. The power of withdrawing horses upon which 
large bets are made is certainly open to abuse. Fraud may easily 
be committed in consequence of that power. I have heard com- 
plaints that parties had improperly withdrawn their horses ; but 
I know of no particular case of the kind of late years. I have 
heard about a horse, entitled the Knight of the Whistle, having 
been withdrawn, and of the circumstance giving dissatisfaction 
at the time. 
[We make no comment on these proceedings: they speak suffi- 
ciently for themselves. — Y.] 
NEPHRITIS AND PARAPLEGIA, COMPLETE OR INCOMPLETE, 
ATTRIBUTABLE TO SANGUINEOUS CONGESTION. 
By M. Berger, M.V. to the 5th Regiment of French Dragoons. 
[Continued from p. 488.] 
Case II. 
March ls£. — A horse, five years old, of a sanguine tempera- 
ment, a predominance of the digestive system, and in a high 
state of condition, was submitted, soon after his arrival — two 
months ago — to gentle work. To-day he exhibited the follow- 
ing symptoms : — out of spirits — loathing of food — lying down 
and getting up again almost immediately— the respiration short 
and quick — pulse hard, yet not accelerated — the artery full — the 
mucous membranes of their natural colour — the mouth dry — and 
no stiffness on the loins. 
Diagnosis. — Intestinal sanguineous congestion. 
Treatment. — Gentle exercise — restricted diet — emollient injec- 
tions, which, however, were not retained. Towards midnight he 
iaid down and rested quietly during the night, except that he 
occasionally looked at his flanks. 
2d . — At five o’clock in the morning his pains commenced 
anew. They were the same as before observed, but more 
alarming. The pulse was small and deep, although the artery 
continued full — the respiration was precipitate, and the move- 
ments of the flanks isochronous with the beatings of the pulse — 
the alee of the nose were elevated and fixed, and the nostrils 
much dilated. 
Six pounds of blood were abstracted, which afforded no relief. 
