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ON THE DISEASES OF THE SPINAL CHORD. 
On the morrow the hind limbs were agitated from time to 
time. We endeavoured to raise him, but could not accomplish 
it, for the hind quarters bent under the weight of the body. I 
practised another bleeding. 
During the course of the day I was enabled to raise the 
patient, who sustained himself very well. The strength of the 
horse returned by degrees, and on the fourth day he was enabled 
to return to Charington. A month after the accident he was at 
his usual work. . 
It would be useless to remark, that the facts which we have 
recorded, and the curative treatment that we have pointed out, 
have relation only to acute affections of the membranes of the 
spinal chord. As to chronic maladies of the spinal chord and 
its meninges, they have never yet been sufficiently obsei ved 5 and 
the cases being on other accounts often occult, and, from their na¬ 
ture, always incurable, we will not endeavour to indicate the treat¬ 
ment which they may require. We will only say, that, in cases where 
their existence is suspected, adhesive charges, vesicatoiies, moxse, 
the cautery, and purgatives, will be the best means to employ. 
Resuming the subject of our memoir, it seems that we may 
draw the following conclusions :— . 
First, That acute affections of the spinal marrow and its en¬ 
velopes are frequent in the horse. 
Secondly, That these diseases are rarely isolated. 
Thirdly, That they manifest themselves by symptoms of a ge¬ 
neral nature, and that there is no particular one by which they 
may be distinguished from each other. 
Fourthly, That they may occupy the whole extent of the spinal 
membranes, or only a very small portion of them. 
Fifthly, That the dorso-lumbar region is their most ordinary 
seat, and that in this case paraplegia, more or less complete, is 
the constant symptom. 
Sixthly, That these maladies attack horses of all ages, but par¬ 
ticularly young, strong, and vigorous animals, and that have 
submitted to hard work. . 
Seventhly, That no precursory symptom announces their ap¬ 
proach. . , , . 
Eighthly, That their attacks are ordinarily sudden, and their 
progress always rapid. 
Ninthly, That the causes which produce them are often known. 
Tenthly, That these affections, always serious, often resist 
the most rational method of cure. 
Eleventhly, That they always appear to be of an inflammatory 
nature in the horse. 
Twelfthly, That the antiphlogistic treatment is that alone with 
which they ought to be combated. 
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