NEPHRITIS AND PARAPLEGIA. 
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afterwards she sought for something to eat. At night the symp- 
toms became more alarming — she was out of spirits — the respira- 
tion was difficult, and the pulse not to be detected. Three pounds 
of blood were abstracted with difficulty, on account of the violent 
resistance to which she abandoned herself. When she was taken 
back to the stable, and re-attached to the manger, the difficulty 
of breathing increased to such a degree that she lost her equili- 
brium, broke her halter, and staggered again into the yard. 
Some of the dragoons ran to her assistance, but before they 
reached her she had fallen heavily on her left side. The rapidity 
with which she heaved at the flanks, and the short distance 
which they rose and fell, were most singular. The spasmodic 
movements of the muscles of her limbs were succeeded by stiffen- 
ing of them, which seemed as if she was about to die. Her hind 
quarters were paralysed, and we were compelled to draw her into 
the stable by means of ropes and plenty of straw. 
An hour and a half after this our patient got up without 
assistance, but a new train of symptoms began to exhibit them- 
selves. The respirations exceeded in quickness the pulsations of 
the heart, which could be detected with difficulty. The animal 
beat the ground on the left side in the manner and with the 
force of a biped. In a fit of seeming rage she seized the outer 
and superior part of the fore-arm, and bit it so that the blood 
flowed from many an orifice, resembling a leech-bite, and we 
were obliged to use force to make her quit her hold. From time 
to time she shook herself, as animals will do after they have been 
rolling in the dust. She attempted to lie down, which she very 
rarely accomplished ; but when she did it was only to get up 
again directly. 
We gave her an ounce of the liquid laudanum of Sydenham, 
every drop of which she had. We placed a seton in her chest 
stimulated by the essence of turpentine. 
At nine o’clock, two hours after the administration of the opium, 
the effect of the narcotic began to appear, and she leaned herself 
against a post that was near to her: her eyes were half closed, and 
a momentary calm was the result. From this period we may date 
the gradual cessation of every alarming symptom. They occa- 
sionally returned, but they decreased in intensity and duration 
every hour. At ten o’clock a dose of a quarter of an ounce was 
given, and at eleven she was perfectly tranquil, except that the 
respiration was somewhat quicker than the natural standard. 
The night passed away quietly. 
On the following morning, at six o’clock, she was labouring 
under considerable depression — the pulse was slow and feeble, 
and the movements of the flanks were perfectly natural. She 
