176 ON THE DISEASES OF THE SPINAL CHORD. 
placed on a carriage, be was taken to Bursie, and confided to the 
care of Professor Vatel, who has been so good as to give me 
some details of his proceedings, and also the following case, for 
which I beg to tender my thanks :—* 
“ At my first visit the patient w 7 as lying on his left side ; his 
body was covered with sweat; the pulse was full, hard, and ac¬ 
celerated ; the hind limbs had lost all power of motion, but their 
sensibility remained; the fore limbs were agitated convulsively: 
the animal retained his appetite, and endeavoured to eat his 
litter. He w 7 as bled to the extent of ten pounds; a restricted 
diet was ordered ; and mucilaginous drinks and injections. He 
tormented himself during great part of the night, in endeavouring 
to get up, raising himself upon his fore legs. The injections 
produced an evacuation of excrementitious matter, announcing a 
perfect digestion. 
“ On the morrow, in the morning, he was in the same state ; 
the posterior limbs w 7 ere wide apart, and he often looked anxious¬ 
ly at the region of the pubis. The bladder was distended, and 
I pressed lightly upon it, and forced out .a great quantity of 
water. I bled him again to the extent of ten pounds, and pur¬ 
sued the same course of treatment. At tw 7 o o’clock he could 
slightly move the hind limbs, but not so as to support himself. 
Encouraged by the improvement, I repeated the bleeding. At 
night, assisted by several persons, w 7 ho held him up by the head 
and by the tail, he arose : he staggered ; and his hind limbs 
bent; but, being supported by them, he took courage, and kept 
himself up. He remained up eight days, when he attempted to 
lie down, and afterwards raised himself very easily. His w 7 alk was 
very uncertain, and he continued to shew great weakness in the 
dorso-lumbar region : w e covered that part w ith pitch, and turned 
him loose into a large stable. At the expiration of five w r eeks, 
the horse returned to light w T ork, but not to his usual employ¬ 
ment until three months had elapsed.’' 
CASE VI. 
A horse fell in the street; he could not be raised, and was 
drawm on a litter of straw into a neighbouring: court, where he 
was drenched with some hot wine. I saw 7 him two hours after¬ 
wards, and thought that I recognized the existence of an acute 
affection of the spinal marrow. The body was covered with 
sweat; the Schneiderian membrane was red ; the pulse was full, 
hard, and accelerated. The animal attempted to get up, but 
could not accomplish it; the hind limbs were immoveable, but 
they nevertheless preserved their sensibility. I bled him to ten 
pounds, and gave cooling acidulated drinks. In the evening the 
bleeding was repeated to six pounds. 
