EPILEPSY AND STAGGERS IN A HORSE. 
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diminish the nervous irritability by cold baths, cold affusions 
on the head, low diet, and, as occasion may require, general 
and local bleeding. Antispasmodics should be administered in 
large doses, and, chief of all, the valerian, 
Elemens, vol. i, p. 52. 
EPILEPSY AND STAGGERS ALTERNATING IN A 
HORSE HAVING WORMS. 
Bj/ M. Dubuisson. 
On March 28, 1834, I was requested to visit an entire horse, 
seven or eight years old, which was said to have staggers. He 
had become very thin during the last two months, although he 
had eaten more than usual. It had also been remarked that he 
sweated more than his companions—that he often dropped be¬ 
hind, and made various attempts to rid himself of some annoyance 
about the anus : the servant added, that the horse had voided 
several large long worms. 
On my arrival I found him pushing his head forcibly against 
the wall above his manger. His eyes were open and projecting; 
he was completely unconscious of every thing around him ; he 
seemed to be as it were picketted on his fore legs : the pulse was 
small and wiry; the mucous membranes retained their natural 
colour; the belly was tucked up, and there was considerable 
constipation. 
He remained in this state a quarter of an hour, during which 
we observed occasional disordered movements, and at length he 
suddenly drew back from the wall; trembled all over; several 
parts of him were convulsed ; he staggered about, and then fell 
all at once stiff as a bar of iron. In a few moments he was 
agitated all over; his limbs were alternately flexed and extended; 
his lips were contracted ; the saliva was foamy and abundant; 
the eye protruded, and turned itself incessantly in the orbit, and 
the countenance became terrifying. The pulse, during the whole 
time, was small and hard, and the breathing considerably acce¬ 
lerated. During the epileptic fit consciousness was quite lost. 
After about ten minutes, the animal got up again, covered 
with perspiration—stood for a little while, and then resumed his 
former position, his head pressing against the wall. 
I saw two of these successive attacks of staggers and epi¬ 
lepsy, and I remarked that the duration of the epileptic fit 
increased the oftener it was repeated. 
After all that I had seen, and the account which I received 
