128 PARAPLEGIA OR NERVOUS APOPLEXY. 
as I iiacl opened one some time before, presenting symptoms 
precisely the same as those described, with the exception 
that the animal lived three days longer than this, which only 
lived four days from the commencement of the attack, and as 
I then made notes of the post-mortem examination, I am 
able to give them ; the following being the principal. The 
mucous membrane lining the mouth and extending through- 
out the fauces and oesophagus into the stomachs and intes- 
tines, and terminating at the anus, was in a sloughing state, 
in patches, and nearly black. The membrane lining the 
nasal cavity, the glottal opening, the larynx, and the trachea, 
was of the same colour; and around the larynx there was a 
quantity of effused lymph. The lungs were a little con- 
gested, and the blood somewhat darker in colour than 
natural. The muscles were in a diseased condition. In 
fact, the animal might be said to be one mass of putrefac- 
tion. 
Remarks . — It is my opinion that this disease is inflamma- 
tory in its first stage, consequently active treatment on the 
first attack is sometimes successful, such as bleeding, pur- 
ging, and blistering ; but in the second stage, when the dis- 
ease assumes a putrid typhoid type, diffusible stimulants 
should be freely administered, such as the ethers and 
aromatic spirit of ammonia, mixed with some of the bland 
oils, as those of linseed, or the olive. I have never seen much 
good derived from steaming the head and nose, or fomenting 
the throat ; but gargling the mouth, fauces, &c., with a 
dilute acid, appears to me to be productive of benefit. 
It is my opinion, that this disease is neither infectious nor 
contagious. 
PARAPLEGIA OR NERVOUS APOPLEXY IN 
HORSES. 
By G. Armatage, M.E.V.C., Bicester. 
Since my residence in the above locality, I have found 
the general characters of it to prove productive, by its low, 
damp situation and being subject to inundations, in fur- 
nishing many low, febrile diseases. Amongst these rank 
foremost “ Influenza,” and its complication, “ Paraplegia,” 
several cases of which are recorded by Mr. Small, in your 
September number. Having been not only fortunate in 
meeting with similar cases, but also successful in their treat- 
1 ment, 1 am induced to trouble you, hoping a brief account 
of them will not be considered out of place in your journal. 
