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accelerated, the conjunctiva pale, violent chattering of the 
teeth, and the paraplegia was again complete. 
The previous treatment having been so successful, it was 
again resorted to, also the same hygienic care was recom¬ 
mended. As it was impossible for the author to lose much 
time in watching the symptoms, the proprietor was requested 
to notice their development. 
On the 13th the animal was more lively, the eyes were 
brighter, there was complete anorexia, the patient was lying 
down, but got up without difficulty, and the paraplegia had 
almost disappeared. The same treatment was continued. 
The information obtained from the proprietor was that 
some hours after we had left, the coldness of the bodv sub- 
sided, and the heat had gradually increased, but that the 
perspiration by which it was followed had not been profuse. 
In comparing the symptoms in these two accessions, there 
was a striking analogy which excited the author’s attention, 
and taking into consideration the time of the intermittence, 
and carefully examining all the symptoms, he concluded that 
it was a case of intermittent fever. In consequence of this 
the former treatment was discontinued, and replaced by the 
administration of forty grammes of cinchonine, given in a 
decoction of willow bark, but on account of the high price of 
the cinchonine, it became necessary to reduce the quantity 
and to discontinue it altogether after the fourth day, but the 
decoctions of the willow bark were continued. If this last 
medicament has not the febrifuge virtue of cinchonine, it is at 
least the best substitute for it, and has the great advantage of 
being very cheap. 
The patient under this treatment visibly improved up to 
the 21st, when she had entirely recovered her appetite, and 
again ruminated; the paraplegia had also disappeared, and 
she had every appearance of restored health. 
On the 22nd the author was again sent for, when he found 
the animal in the following state: loss of appetite, rumina¬ 
tion suspended, great depression, horripilation, partial perspi¬ 
rations, but not copious, great heat of body, the conjunctiva 
red, the pulse full, respiration short, anxious and hurried, 
the beating of the heart embarrassed and confused, great 
uneasiness, much thirst, and the animal seemed under the 
influence of great anxiety, the eyes were sunken, and she was 
extended upon the litter as if she would never get up again. 
The symptoms of paraplegia had also again appeared, but 
were less manifest. To ascertain whether there was any 
diminution in the sensibility, the patient was slightly pricked 
with a pin, on which great pain was evinced, with convulsive 
