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bathing the head with cold water, and purgatives as a revul¬ 
sive to the digestive organs. 
This treatment was continued for three days, when the 
symptoms becoming much aggravated, a strong blister was 
applied over the cranium, and small doses of calomel were 
administered. 
The cure was effected in three weeks from this time. 
In another case of the same kind, and in which the symp¬ 
toms were more severe, the same treatment was adopted for 
a time without any good resulting, when Nux vomica was 
given, beginning with eight-gramme doses, which were gra¬ 
dually increased to twelve grammes. This produced tension 
ol the muscles of the neck and slight convulsions, but no 
other effect was visible. The pulse had now become small 
and 54 in the minute, the respiration increased and irregu¬ 
lar ; there was also emaciation, and the fits had become 
almost constant. No more medicine was prescribed, but the 
owner being unwilling to have the animal destroyed, he sent 
him to a farm where he was kept on light food, and in a 
month after he was brought back perfectly recovered. 
Journal des Veterinaires du Midi , May, 1859. 
OBSERVATIONS ON CONTRACTION OF THE FOOT OF THE 
HORSE; ITS PREVENTION OR CURE. 
By N. Lafosse. 
The author begins by examining the theory of Mr. Bracy 
Clark on the elasticity of the foot, and while doing full 
justice to his talents, he is of opinion that it is an error to 
suppose that the foot expands at the heel in the way repre¬ 
sented by the pasteboard model of the foot of the horse, 
constructed by that gentleman. Further, that this error 
has led to very serious consequences by the endeavours made 
to perpetuate this double movement of expansion and con¬ 
traction. 
Long before M. Baynal had shown to the Central 
Society the error of Mr. Bracy Clark, the author had made 
certain experiments which demonstrated the fallacy of 
the system. To effect this, the author took a foot, ampu- 
