NEPHRITIS AND PARAPLEGIA. 
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At midnight we were summoned in haste, and the captain 
informed us that the patient had abandoned himself to various 
disorderly movements of the most alarming kind. He pawed 
the ground with violence, and we fully expected that the shoes 
would have been torn off — he snorted frequently, and sat on his 
hind quarters like a dog — the respiration began to be affected — 
the artery became hard, and rolled beneath the finger — the pulsa- 
tions, without being frequent, were strong — the mucous mem- 
branes were not injected, and the animal had not lost his spirits. 
He was led to the infirmary — he staggered as he went — his hind 
legs were far apart, and only the tip of the toe bore any portion 
of the weight. His steps were short and precipitate ; he, how- 
ever, began to trot, without being urged to do so. A second 
bleeding of six pounds was effected, but the blood did not coagu- 
late so readily as at first. The disease had now assumed a differ- 
ent character, and, being called upon for an opinion, I gave the 
following statement of my present view of the case. 
Diagnosis . — Inflammation of the urinary passages, particularly 
of the kidneys. 
Symptoms . — The patient disposes himself often to void his urine, 
without being able to accomplish his purpose; tenesmus, painful 
and accompanied with groans, without any alvine evacuations. 
Prognosis . — More than doubtful. 
Treatment . — A pint and a half of olive oil, and other emol- 
lients, were given in drinks and enemata — fumigations were em- 
ployed under the abdomen, and a cataplasm occupied all the lum- 
bar region and the flanks. The rest of the night was calm. 
23 d . — At 6 a.m., the disordered movements of the preceding 
night were repeated — the respiration and the circulation were 
quickened : he kicked so violently against the wall that was by 
the side of him that he knocked off' the shoe from the left hind 
foot. This was the side on which the agitation was greatest, and 
where the leg was farthest from the centre of gravity. The body 
of the animal was inclined to the left, and he anxiously regarded 
his flank. The least manipulation on his flanks or genital organs 
produced fruitless efforts to urine or to dung. 
A third bleeding of six pounds produced a momentary calm. 
We back-raked him to-day, that operation not having been satis- 
factorily done yesterday on account of his violence. The expul- 
sive efforts were such that we could not penetrate farther than the 
middle of the rectum, except by availing ourselves of the momen- 
tary pauses that occurred. The heat of the intestinal canal was 
excessive ; but we withdrew some hardened masses. The envi- 
rons of the rectum were infiltrated and tumefied, and the mucous 
membrane slightly projected from the anus. The other treatment 
