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water, strongly impregnated with ammonia. He was suddenly 
startled by this; he made a long inspiration, stretched out his 
fore legs, and then, by a powerful muscular effort, threw him¬ 
self on his haunches, from which position it was impossible to 
move him. Violent and reiterated sneezing terminated this 
state of excitation; every muscle relaxed, and the horse fell on 
the ground in a state of exhaustion. 
His mouth was gargled with mucilaginous water and honey ; 
and his nostrils, eyes, and lips, were washed with cold water. 
The vertiginous symptoms diminished in intensity and fre¬ 
quency, and the night was passed quietly. 
\2th .—Not seeing any decided amendment, I cauterized the 
upper part of the neck, and as near as possible to the occipital 
bone, with a flat iron, sparing only the part which would be 
occupied by the band of the head-stall. I also carried the 
cautery over the whole of the forehead, and afterwards applied 
a blister over the whole. This produced, before night, very 
considerable swelling and soreness. 
During the day, the patient continued to traverse his circle 
tolerably quietly; sometimes w^e stopped him, and at other 
times he would rest a little himself: at night I caused some 
straw to be spread on one part of his tiack. About the middle 
of the night, he began to move more slowly; he stopped two 
or three times at the place w'here the straw had been scattered, 
and at length, overcome by fatigue, he lay himself down and 
slept during several hours. On awaking he stretched his head 
towards the straw—he seemed to smell it, and moved his lips as 
if he would seize it. The attendants then offered him some 
gruel, flavoured with honey, a little of which he drunk: his 
tongue had now re-entered the mouth, and the animal was able 
to move it. 
13^/?.—He began to distinguish objects. He lifted his head 
at the sound of the whip, and shrunk when a hand approached 
his eyes. All his functions began to resume their former course, 
and he was decidedly convalescent. His progress towards per¬ 
fect health was rapid. I retained him in the hospital until the 
20th of August; he was then discharged, and has continued 
well. 
CASE II. 
A horse, belonging to the 2d Cuirassiers, had not been well 
during some days, but the disease had not assumed any de¬ 
cided character. On the 17th of April, 1834, after his noon- 
feed, he exhibited symptoms of vertigo ; his walk was stagger¬ 
ing—he slipped several times as he went out of the stable, and, 
