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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE 
Epilepsy and Chorea. V <v V 
Aug. 14. Newfoundland dog, very thin. Discharge from the 
eyes, which are sunk, and the haw considerably protruded. 
Purging; eats well. Give castor oil, then astringents morning 
and night. 
18 th. The purging stopped, but spasmodic twitching of the 
fore limbs appears: he continually drops as he stands, and his 
shoulder is spasmed as he lies. Begins to moan and cry. Seton. 
Tonic in the morning. Take mixture of syrups of buckthorn and 
white poppies, each one part, and castor oil two parts; give an 
ounce at night. 
21st. Has had three violent fits, from which he was recovered 
by cold water dashed in his muzzle. Bleed to eight ounces; 
ball and mixture as before. 
25th. The fits continue about once in twenty-four hours, and 
the dog moans sadly. Bowels regular; gets rapidly thin, yet 
eats w r ell; no huskiness or cough at any time. Medicine as before. 
3(P/f. The fits have ceased, and the dog no longer moans; but 
he is scarcely able to stand, and all four legs are spasmed as he 
lies. Purges considerably ; appetite still good. Astringent ball 
in the morning, mixture at night. The peculiar distemper smell 
is most unpleasantly strong. 
Sept. 3d. He lies all day dozing, but looks up cheerfully when 
spoken to. Spasmed as before; still eats, yet becomes every day 
thinner. Astringents morning and night. He lingered on until 
the 11th, when he died. 
Slight inflammation through the whole of the mucous coat of 
the intestines. No morbid affection of the brain or its mem¬ 
branes, but slight injection of the membranes of the spinal cord, 
throughout its whole extent. 
Affection of the Eyes and Diarrhoea. 
Aug. 30 th. Little grey terrier, eight months old. Thin; husks; 
defluxion from the eyes, which are impatient of light. Give 
an emetic (equal portions of calomel and tartarized antimony, in 
doses from half a grain to a grain of each), and a fever ball 
morning and night. 
Take of Nitre, twelve ounces, 
Antiuionial powder, five ounces, 
Powdered foxglove, two ounces and a half,. 
7 Linseed meal, eight ounces. 
Beat into a mass with palm oil, and divide into balls, from a 
scruple to a drachm. Goulard lotion to the eyes. 
Sept. 2d , Begins to purge. Astringents. 
