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5^/i.—In the same state. A mild purgative, and emollient 
fomentations. 
6M.—Ten leeches on the same place: other treatment the 
same. 
7th ,—The intensity of the symptoms augmented. The jaws 
are closed so that no medicine can be administered; the excre¬ 
ment is hard, black, and fetid; the conjunctiva of a yellow 
colour. Place fifteen leeches on the epigastrium, let them bleed 
for an hour; emollient clysters; anodyne drinks; which, with 
the greatest difficulty, he w'as made to swallow. 
^th .—The symptoms are less intense, and the animal less 
agitated. The pulse is softer, but the contraction of the neck 
and the sensibility of the spine are the same : the voice is hoarse, 
and can scarcely be heard; the jaws are fixed. Give anodyne 
drinks, and injections in which asafoetida has been dissolved. 
9M.—The sensibility of the spine is excessive. The animal 
lies on its belly, with its legs stretched out; the neck is stiff, 
and the jaws closed ; the voice is hoarse, and the animal cannot 
move a limb. Emollient baths ; injections of the same kind ; fat 
broths. 
\0th .—A copious diarrhoea, of a black and very fetid kind ; 
the eyes weeping; swellings about the roots of the ears ; the neck 
less stiff; the spine very sensible, and always bowed. Asafoetida 
in the broth ; and, after being well bathed, the animal was 
thickly covered with flannel. 
Wth, \2tlij V6th .—No change. The same treatment. 
\Ath .—Considerable amendment. The dog can slightly move 
his jaws; he searches about for meat; the voice is less hoarse, 
and the cries expressive of dreadful torture have ceased; the 
neck is less stiff and contracted; and the spine has lost its un¬ 
natural sensibility. Continue the treatment. 
15M.—The muscles of the neck have regained their usual sup¬ 
pleness ; the spine is in its natural state. The animal of its own 
accord eats a little soup; his spirits are better, and the voice is 
regaining its natural tone. 
20th ,—No trace of the disease remains. 
Oct. bth ,—The dog travelled two leagues with his master ; the 
weather was cold, and the ground covered with snow. On his 
return, every symptom already described was again developed. 
I resorted to the same course of treatment, but without avail. 
I then applied a blister to the chest, applied emollient fumiga¬ 
tions all over the body, and administered soothing drinks and 
emollient injections. At the end of the eleventh day the dog 
was again well. 
Journal Pratique, 1829, p. 545. 
