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PARALYSIS. 
strong; extremities warm; respiration a iittle disturbed; 
perspiration running from her. She was much annoyed 
by flies; the mucous membranes were injected; she w as 
insensible to the prick of a pin on the right side of the loins; 
there was great heat of mouth and rectum; faeces were re¬ 
tained in the rectum w ithout power to expel them; incon¬ 
tinence of urine, it dribbling aw r ay in one continued stream; 
tail depressed, without ability to raise it to dislodge the flies; 
refuses all food offered to her, but has excessive thirst. I 
had her removed home, the distance not being great; but not 
having a suitable truck at hand, two gates were procured, 
and placed one upon the other to add strength to the under 
surface, to which two pieces of planking were attached by 
means of chains, some straw being spread upon the top; the 
mare’s legs were then secured by the hobbles. The gates 
being placed at her back she was rolled over on to them, 
then confined by a rope, and in this way dragged home by 
another horse with ease. I placed her in a large, cool box, 
w ith plenty of straw 7 . 
V. S. from jugular, ad cong. ij; gave Aloes Barb. 3iij, 
with 01. Crot. tq,xx, in ball; empty the rectum of its 
contents, which were found to be black, hardened, and coated 
w 7 ith mucus; administer aloetic injections; stimulate the 
back and loins with mustard and ammonia; give her water 
ad lib. After drinking, the belly became tympanitic, and 
she show T ed symptoms of acute abdominal pain, which, how¬ 
ever, in a short time subsided. I ordered her to be turned 
frequently, and each time to be packed up again with clean 
straw-. 
31^. Still dow T n and unable to rise; pulse 65 ; respirations 
about twelve per minute; mucous membranes highly injected, 
the Schneiderian membrane being of a purplish hue; insensible 
to the prick of a pin on the right lumbar region; slight 
twitchings of the muscles of the fore extremity; the lips 
pendulous, drawn a little to the near side; physic has not 
operated; incontinence of urine still present; the rectum 
contained a few 7 hard black faeces coated with mucus streaked 
with coagulated blood; shows no symptoms of pain; has 
still a great desire for w r ater, but will not eat. Had her back 
stimulated again w 7 ith ammonia, and threw up warm aloetic 
injections, gave her chilled water, and ordered her to be fre¬ 
quently turned. 
August 1 st. Found her in a dreadful state from struggling, 
the eyes being literally concealed from view by the infil¬ 
tration of serum into the areolar tissue of the lids; and other 
prominent parts of the body were in a similar tumefied state. 
