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often pounds each, with an interval of three hours, and emol¬ 
lient drinks and injections every hour. 
13 th. —The animal is nearly in the same state : bleed again ; 
insert two setons in the thighs; continue the same treatment. 
14^/l—A remarkable improvement was observed. Sensibility 
and the power of motion were evidently returning to the para¬ 
lyzed limbs. Continue the same drinks, with the addition of 
half a pound of Epsom salts. 
\5th. —The animal could get up of its own accord, and remain 
standing about ten minutes : the symptoms of paraplegia gra¬ 
dually disappeared ; and, in about twenty days, reckoning from 
this time, the horse was completely recovered, and returned to 
is usual work. 
CASE II. 
May 20 th, 1824.—A merchant put under my care a grey 
Hungarian cabriolet-horse, about eight years old, and that, about 
twelve hours before, had been seized with palsy of the hind 
limbs. The patient was stretched on his right side; he ap¬ 
peared to suffer very much, notwithstanding which, he was 
ready to eat; his pulse was small and very quick ; the para¬ 
lyzed limbs were deprived of all power of motion, but preserved 
almost their natural sensibility ; some partial sweats were ob¬ 
served ; and the feces were discharged without difficulty. I 
ordered two bleedings of eight pounds each, with emollient 
drinks, and injections, and poultices over his loins. 
21st. —No change. Bled again to six pounds: continue the 
other treatment. 
2 2d. —Still in the same state. Cut off the tail, and continue 
the same treatment. 
23 d and 21th. —Evident improvement: there is some slight 
power of motion in the hind limbs. 
25 th. —The animal, with the assistance of several persons, 
got on his legs and walked some paces; his gait was staggering, 
and he soon fell again on the litter. 
2Qth and 27th. —The improvement continued; the horse got 
up of his own accord, and remained standing some minutes. He 
was turned into a large stable, well littered down : dry and spi¬ 
rituous frictions were applied to the loins. 
' From this time the symptoms lost some of their intensity 
every day, and the animal very slowly regained his strength. 
On the 30th day he was put to light work, but he did not en¬ 
tirely recover for three months, exhibiting some pain in the right 
hind leg, which prevented him from trotting, and rendered him 
unfit for a cabriolet. 
