468 TRANSLATIONS FROM CONTINENTAL JOURNALS. 
Diagnosis .—To facilitate the treatment, it was necessary to 
ascertain whether this affection, which had commenced with 
all the characters of sanguineous apoplexy, had invaded a 
considerable portion of the spinal marrow. To effect this, 
Mons. Causse bethought himself of a sponge dipped in hot 
water, which is used in similar cases by medical men. He 
began at the withers, and continued its application along 
the spine to the lumbar region. At the dorsal region the 
animal began to flex the back, and a certain nervous twitching 
of the skin when he arrived at the lumbar region—symptoms 
worthy of the attention of every practitioner—manifested 
themselves; in fact, the water no sooner reached these parts 
than the animal groaned with pain. This was accompanied 
with frequent grinding of the teeth; at the same time the 
posterior part of the body gave way, the legs failed, and, in 
spite of the endeavours of three men to support her, she fell 
on the litter. She got up, but the hind legs refused their 
office, and she fell again ; again she rose, but the hocks re¬ 
mained flexed, as if the tendo-Achillis had been severed; 
the tail, which had up to this time remained in a state of 
complete immobility, was now agitated, and moved about in 
all directions for nearly ten minutes; the nostrils were dilated; 
and the grinding of the teeth became continuous. From 
this the author concluded that a high degree of irritation, 
produced by an afflux of blood, existed in the posterior part 
of the spinal marrow and the envelopes that cover it. 
The treatment consisted of strong frictions with vinegar 
over the whole of the dorsal region, and also the internal and 
external surfaces of the hind extremities; after which a blister 
was applied to the lumbar region, and also on the thighs. 
She was likewise bled from the coccygeal artery. The bleeding 
was repeated the next day, but this time the jugular vein 
was chosen. The blood, which was received in the testing 
tube, was found to possess its normal constituents. This 
treatment, with the addition of some internal remedies, was 
continued for some time, and the patient ultimately reco¬ 
vered, and that without losing any of her vigour and fine 
action, for which she was remarkable. 
