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as soon as he got into the yard, would have run away. His eye¬ 
lids were dilated, and the appearance of the eyes and general 
countenance left no doubt with regard to the real nature of the 
disease. 
He w^as copiously bled ; a drink with ether was administered, 
and cold water, with ammonia, thrown up his nostrils. The 
same effects were produced as in the last case. 
Instead of using the cautery I inserted two setons in the poll; 
I rubbed the blistering ointment over their track, and also over 
the forehead ; and 1 placed the horse in the school, as I had 
done the other. 
The patient had no relapse—the symptoms speedily diminish¬ 
ed in intensity—the functions of the different organs of sense 
were resumed; and at eight o’clock On that night the horse was 
taken out of the school, and placed in the infirmary. 
He afterwards had a slight attack of enteritis, which was soon 
removed. 
On the 1st of May he was perfectly cured. 
CASE III. 
A horse belonging to the 7th Cuirassiers exhibited on the 20th 
of June, 1834, symptoms of enteritis. Acute pneumonia suc¬ 
ceeded to this, or was complicated with it, and the horse re¬ 
mained in the infirmary until July the 2d, when he was dismissed 
perfectly cured, and with very little loss of flesh. 
September 14^//.—At the evening feed the horse was dull, and 
scarcely ate. I was sent for, and on examining him I disco¬ 
vered a small tumour on the left side of the upper part of tlie 
head, and a little excoriation above the eve on the same side. 
No marks of disease w^ere now observable either in the pulse 
or general appearance of the animal. He was led to the w'ater- 
ing place, and drank as usual, and on his return to the stable 
seemed to have recovered his appetite, and ate the remainder of 
his corn : I concluded from this that he had received a severe 
blow on the head, which had produced temporary stupor. 
\^th .— I w'as summoned early to him. He now refused his 
food, his head was low, and various parts of his body were 
agitated by spasmodic motions. I caused him to be led into the 
yard, and there his manner of walking and the expression of his 
countenance assured me of the nature of his disease. 
The same means were adopted as in the former cases, and 
attended with the same results, so far as the symptoms of vertigo 
were concerned. 
During the rest of the day, and on the Kith, he was evidently 
