LOCAL PALSY IN THREE HORSES. 
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abundant, and they were re-stimulated from time to time with 
blistering ointment. The animal retained his appetite; and 
although he was lying down, all his functions, excepting that of 
locomotion, were unimpaired. He was turned every day, and 
fresh straw was put under him, because, without this precaution, 
the long friction on one side, and the heat of the dung, would, 
undoubtedly, have produced excoriation of the skin. Until now 
he had not attempted to rise, and it was not until the twenty- 
second day that he tried for the first time. 
The twenty-third and fourth days I left off the drinks, but 
continued all the other treatment. 
Twenty-fifth day .—I perceived a change for the better: the 
horse began slightly to move the paralysed limb; and with the 
aid of several persons I had him raised. As soon as he was up 
he staled abundantly, and fell down on his litter a few minutes 
afterwards : the leg had already acquired a certain degree of heat 
and sensibility. I ordered six drachms of nux vomica, frictions, 
white water, and augmentation of the ration of hay. 
During the twenty-seventh and eighth days the animal often 
got up, but he did not remain long standing, for as soon as he 
had eaten and drunk, and performed all his functions, he laid 
himself down again. 
From the twenty-ninth to the thirty-first day he was sensibly 
better. He could stand for several hours, and walk in the 
stable; but it was remarked that at each step, as in the horse 
mentioned in the former case, he was on the point of falling on 
the right side, and which did sometimes actually occur. The 
pulse was soft and regular, and the setons discharged a great 
deal. I ordered two drachms of nux vomica and two frictions 
a-day. 
From the thirty-second to the thirty-sixth day the improvement 
continued. The animal was now constantly on his feet; still the 
limb continued weak and benumbed. I left off the former treat¬ 
ment, and began by emollient embrocations to prepare the 
diseased limb for acupuncturation. 
Without useless repetition, it will suffice to say, that I em~ 
ployed the same means and followed the same rules as in the 
former case; and that after having applied the needles three 
times, he was very much better: the limb had recovered its feeling, 
and its temperature was equal to that of the rest of the body. 
Its flexion was much diminished, and the tread of the foot on 
the sole was much firmer. The horse could now without fatigue 
support a tolerably long walk. 
I applied the needles twice more, and then suspended all 
