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my patient lying prostrate in an open shed. The history given 
me was, that on Tuesday, the 19th of January, the animal 
was found in a ditch and totally unable to extricate himself, 
but by the aid of several men and a horse, he was got out, 
and was then observed to have lost the use of all controlling 
power over his limbs. He was left in the field that night, was 
supplied with some clover hay, had a dose of cordial medi- 
cine given, and was well covered over with straw, &c. The 
following day he was placed in a cart, and removed to the 
shed, where I found him. He had been regularly turned over 
three times a day, and had frequently endeavoured to rise, 
and although assisted by several men he could not support 
himself. The appetite was not affected, indeed, he ate and 
drank freely; the pulse was unaltered; the body and extre- 
mities warm and the countenance exhibited a cheerful 
aspect. I expressed my opinion that we had a case of 
paralysis to contend w T ith ; and accordingly I administered a 
cathartic, and ordered the entire length of the spine to be 
well stimulated with mustard, and afterwards covered with a 
fresh sheepskin. I also informed the owner that I should 
give trial to strychnia, and accordingly a three-grain dose 
was administered next morning in some thick gruel. Shortly 
after taking the dose, the animal suddenly sprang up, re- 
mained standing, and has continued to improve daily. I can 
scarcely consider that this rapid change is to be attributed to 
the effects of the medicine, but on what other cause could it 
depend, for certainly before giving the dose the colt seemed 
to be perfectly helpless ? 
Facts and Observations. 
EARLY DENTITION IN THE HORSE. 
Mr. George Cooke, M.R.C.V.S., Edwinstone, has sent 
us the following particulars relating to the early cutting of 
the permanent incisors of a colt. He says, that at the be- 
ginning of the month of March, 1856, Mr. Whitaker placed 
two colts under his care, for the purpose of being castrated, 
and subsequently bitted, mounted, and ridden a little 
with the hounds. They were weight-carrying animals — one 
a bay, by Charles XII, the other a chestnut, by The Magnet, 
both two years old, and having, of course, the whole of the 
sucking incisor teeth in each jaw, above and below. After 
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