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HEMIPLEGIA. 
I could assign no cause of the inability to move beyond 
the horse having done daily duty in the “ manage,” where I 
expect he must have injured his back by some sudden move- 
ment. He walked very slow and with great difficulty, 
dragging his toes along the ground. The penis was also 
protruding in a pendulous condition from the sheath. Pres- 
sure applied to the back caused pain and considerable yield- 
ing of the spine which led me to conclude the injury was 
chiefly seated there. 
The horse was at once ordered to be placed in a loose box, 
to be put on a mash diet, and otherwise prepared for a dose 
of physic. On my visiting the sick lines on the following 
morning, I found him down, and covered with a profuse 
perspiration produced by his ineffectual efforts to rise. He 
was lifted bodily up with the aid of ropes, and placed in 
slings, which, by the bye, I had to borrow, there being none 
in the veterinary department of my regiment. I subsequently 
gave a ball composed of Aloes, 3 iv, et Hyd. Chlor., 3ij. After 
the action of the physic had passed off, I commenced the 
exhibition of strychnine, in two-grain doses, in combination 
with two drachms of gentian powder, morning and evening. 
This was continued for eight days, and during this period, 
the fore and hind limbs were stimulated with Linimentum 
Terebinthinas. At the end of this time he w as led out, and 
was found to w r alk considerably better, the lameness being now 
principally confined to the hind limbs. Daily exercise for 
half an hour morning and evening was allowed, but on the 
fifth day after discontinuing the strychnine the horse expe- 
rienced a relapse, and became as bad as ever. A blister was 
now applied along the course of the spine, and the strych- 
nine, with gentian, again administered. On the fifth day after- 
wards I observed the limbs trembling, and the animal 
exhibiting a train of symptoms indicative of the strychnine 
having been pushed as far as was safe, and it w 7 as conse- 
quently discontinued. The horse after this began to improve 
daily, and is now convalescent. 
Mv next case of interest w r as a tall, w r eedy country-bred 
gelding, the property of an officer of my regiment. The 
animal was reported <c off feed” about mid-day. I saw him 
shortly after, and found slight febrile symptoms present. 
He was eating grass w hen I went into the stable, but being 
an irritable horse I had some little difficulty in taking his 
pulse, which was slightly accelerated, and irregular. The 
buccal and conjunctival membranes were tinged yellow 7 , 
denoting the existence of bile in the circulation. Considering 
it to be a case in which there w as torpidity of action of the 
