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CASES OF APOPLEXY, HEMIPLEGIA, AND 
PARAPLEGIA. 
By Mr, Storry, of Pickering. 
On the 23d of April last, I was requested to attend a filly 
belonging to Mr. Seamer, of Normanby, near Pickering. She 
had lain in a ditch all the previous night. On examining her 
I found that she was in a lethargic state, which caused her to 
sleep for hours together. I bled her, gave aperient medicines 
and antispasmodics, and inserted a rowel in the chest. 
24^A.—I bled her again, gave sedatives and restoratives; but 
with little hope of saving her. 
I did not attend on the 25th, and Mr. Seamer finding the 
filly no better, sent for a neighbouring practitioner, who com¬ 
menced his operations by applying sheep skins to the parts af¬ 
fected. He spoke pretty confidently of effecting a cure by such 
means, and promised to call again on the next day; but the 
filly died, and was sent to the dogs before his next day’s visit. 
This brought to my mind a few similar cases in which I was 
professionally engaged some years ago, and which, on account of 
the novelty of the ideas, opinions, and treatment of some practi¬ 
tioners in this neighbourhood, I beg to transcribe from my 
case book, as they occurred at different periods. 
In the month of March 1824, Mr. George Parkinson, of Pick¬ 
ering, found his valuable stallion horse one morning lying in 
the stable in a very dangerous state. He consulted a neigh¬ 
bouring farrier on the nature of the complaint, who told him 
that the horse had broken his back in consequence of falling 
backwards against a corner of the wall, and gave them no hopes 
of recovery. He attended again in the evening : the horse was 
still dowui. He told Mr. P. that he might let him lie, and not 
disturb him, for he would soon be dead. 
Mr. Parkinson then sent for me. I attended, and found the 
horse sitting on his haunches, with his fore legs distended, 
and his eyes fixed on the rack. I immediately detracted about 
seven quarts of blood, after which he jumped upon his feet; but 
having lain so long in such a paralyzed or apoplectic state, 
he seemed much convulsed, and was seized with a violent 
tremor all over him. I administered an antispasmodic medi¬ 
cine, and he soon began to eat and drink such things as I 
ordered for him. My treatment of him afterwards consisted of 
aperients, with the insersion of setons, rowels, charges on the 
back, &c. by which means a cure was effected, and the horse 
