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A CASE OF PALSY OF THE LIPS. 
the same. 
On Monday, Oct. 7th, I was requested to visit a three-year 
old colt, supposed to be griped. I sent him a drink, and was in¬ 
formed on the following morning, that he was much better ; but 
on visitino; him in the afternoon, I found him labourino' under 
paralysis, of which the following were the features:—the penis 
was drawn, and the urine dribbling away; the tail down, and 
the animal unable to raise it; and the faeces lodged in the rec¬ 
tum. The countenance was dull; the lips slightly drawn to the 
leftside; the sight impaired, but the left eye the worst; the 
mouth hot; the pulse full, and sixty. He appears to be willing 
to eat, but has difficulty in getting the food into his mouth ; and 
he runs his head, with his mouth open, into the manger, and 
shoves the food from side to side before he is able to get it be¬ 
tween his grinders. Hay being offered to him, he appeared to 
masticate it very well. Supposing that pressure on the brain 
must be the cause of these symptoms, T questioned the parties 
whether he had been ill-used, or had fallen ; but was assured that 
he had not received any injury ; that he was always a remarkable 
quiet colt, but had been noticed to be dull when in the pasture, 
not playing about like most other colts, and had not thriven so 
well as he ought to have done. Not being able to find any pro¬ 
bable cause for this, I felt satisfied that nothing could be effected 
by medical treatment: but, being so young, the proprietor 
wished me to try something. I bled him, and gave a mild ca¬ 
thartic ; ordering him to be kept in a loose box, and have plenty 
of hay, bran, and water. 
I saw him on the following day. The physic was operating, but 
there being no power in the rectum to void the faeces naturally, 
they ran from him down his tail and legs as he moved about. The 
staggering gait and difficulty of gathering his food was increased; 
the mouth was not so hot; pulse forty-five, and soft. A fever 
ball was given to him, and repeated on each of the next three 
days. A strong blister was applied to the top of the head. 
I saw him again on Saturday, when he was much worse. Not 
being able to get any food beyond his lips, I forced a small 
quantity of it on to his grinders, but he was now unable to mas¬ 
ticate it, and let it fall again from his mouth. When let out into 
the yard, where a stack of hay was standing, he ran with his 
mouth open and seized and pulled some of it out, but it imme¬ 
diately fell from his lips. He continued in this state till Thurs¬ 
day the i^5th, when he was destroyed, having become a mere 
