PARALYSIS. 
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The left fore leg had been struck in several places by the 
shoe of the corresponding hind limb, causing such an effusion 
of serum into the subcutaneous areolar tissue, that it measured 
in circumference twice that of the opposite limb. She now 
evinces very acute pain when pressure is applied to the 
lumbar and gluteal muscles, which are very flaccid, feeling 
more like fluid than solid muscle ; pulse 70; mucous mem¬ 
branes of a purplish hue ; respirations 16 per minute; bedewed 
with perspiration; thirst excessive ; physic has not operated ; 
urine still dribbling away; rectum contained no faeces ; ex¬ 
tremities warm; keeps making ineffectual attempts to rise, 
but has lost all power of the two right limbs. I abstracted 
blood to the amount of cong. j, which had a thick treacly 
appearance, and gave Al. Barb, ^iv; Ol. Crot. rqxx; also 
administered warm injections, and had her turned, and the 
abdomen well rubbed with dry straw. 
2^. Found my patient much wmrse, although the physic 
had begun to operate; pulse 100 and oppressed; respirations 
tw r enty per minute; body bedewed with a cold perspiration; 
frequent tremors; and every symptom approaching speedy 
dissolution. Gave up all treatment exceptordering her to be 
frequently turned. Died some time the following night. 
I had not an opportunity of making a careful examination 
of the brain and spinal chord; but, for satisfaction to the 
owmer, I examined the lumbar muscles and abdominal vis¬ 
cera, to ascertain if any lesions had taken place, in the act of 
kicking, that might add to the cause of death,—but found 
none. The common integument being stripped off, the 
muscles appeared almost of a black colour, all their vessels, 
as well as those of the skin, being distended with black co¬ 
agulated blood. On opening the abdomen, no fluid escaped. 
The reflexions, both visceral and parietal, of the perito¬ 
neum, were of a natural hue, except the omentum, which 
was ruptured longitudinally, not forming any covering to 
the stomach. The entire length of the mucous membrane 
of the alimentary canal was in a state of inflammation. The 
kidneys appeared quite healthy; the bladder slightly in¬ 
flamed, and it contained no urine, its sphincter and muscular 
coat being relaxed, and a substance, similar in colour and 
consistence to moistened pipeclay, adhered to its sides^—not 
of a calcareous nature, though what it was I cannot say. 
The liver was very much softened, and w^as pale. The right 
auricle of the heart was distended with a coagulum of black 
blood ; the lungs were inflamed, which I should expect w^as 
the effects of lying. The psose muscles and (lumbar por¬ 
tion of) longissimus dorsi were very pale and flabby, having 
