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CASES OF PALSY IN THE HOUSE. 
neighbourhood, who was sent for in great haste, took four pounds 
of blood from her; this was about eleven o'clock in the morn¬ 
ing. 
A few minutes afterwards, M. Delafond, who was going to 
Paris, was requested to look at her. He immediately recog¬ 
nized a paralytic affection, which he attributed to congestion in 
the spinal canal, and he abstracted twelve pounds more of blood, 
ordered stimulating frictions on the limbs, and advised that the 
mare should be placed on a sledge, and conveyed to the hospital 
at Alfort. 
At two o'clock the animal was in the same place and in the 
same state. She was then visited by M. Renault, who practised 
a third bleeding of ten pounds, and ordered renewed frictions, 
and frequently repeated. He also advised that the animal should 
be covered, for she was perspiring abundantly, and he urged the 
proprietor to have her conveyed to some stable where she might 
be better taken care of. She was brought to Alfort in the 
evening, and placed under the care of a pupil named Noviant. 
The pulse became more developed during the night, and the 
pupil, following the instructions which he had received, practised 
a fourth bleeding of ten pounds. Thirty-six pounds of blood 
were drawn from the animal during the first twelve hours after 
the appearance of the disease. 
15th .*—The mare was lying on deep litter, without the power of 
rising. The pulse was small, soft, and accelerated ; the mucous 
membranes were slightly red. Exploration by the rectum, 
shewed that the bladder was distended. A light pressure on 
that organ with the hand produced the expulsion of a great 
quantity of urine, bloody, thick, and exhaling an ammoniacal 
odour. 
Renewed efforts were- made to place the patient on her hind 
legs, but without success; she fell as soon as the attendants dis¬ 
continued to support her. From time to time she struggled 
violently with her fore legs, but her hind ones were motionless. 
She was pricked deeply on different parts of these extremities, 
without appearing to suffer the slightest pain. The head w r as 
continually turned back on the side. Her breathing was quick¬ 
ened in consequence of the efforts which she made every instant, 
and she frequently uttered a low plaintive moan. An abundant 
perspiration covered the whole of her body. Her appetite was 
not in the slightest degree impaired. 
Frictions with hot vinegar were made over her loins and hind 
limbs; acidulated drinks were given three or four times every 
day; emollient injections were thrown up, and a catheter of 
elastic gum was occasionally introduced into the bladder to pre- 
