SOME INTERESTING CASES IN PRACTICE. 
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leg; finally the agony was so intense that he would lie and 
strain as though trying to pass faeces, and the urine dribbled 
away; the perspiration now broke out profusely, covering the 
entire body except the near hind leg and quarter, which was 
perfectly dry and very cold, and though he could kick wickedly 
with it he was entirely unable to sustain any weight on it. As 
his pain increased he became apparently blind and would run 
into the wall and throw himself in the most reckless manner. 
I diagnosed the case as one of thrombosis of the femoral artery, 
but as there seemed to be some difficulty with the brain, which 
I attributed to the intense pain, I gave him four drachms of 
potassium bromide ; it, however, produced no effect, and I then 
gave subcutaneously two grains of sulphate of morphia, which 
seemed to have the desired result, and the pain ceased. The 
next morning he was apparently all right, except that he was 
somewhat lame, but this disappeared after a short walk ; this 
being described to me as only one of several attacks of the same 
character. I advised the owner when he came for him never 
to use him again for carriage or driving purposes. 
Another case to which I shall call your attention was that of 
epilepsy in a Yorkshire terrier bitch; she was in a wretched 
condition, and would eat scarcely anything ; she had one or two 
epileptic fits daily; she had one as the owner was lifting her 
out of the buggy to leave her with me. I gave her a dose of 
physic and followed it with small doses of bromide of potash ; 
she improved in her appetite and was gaining flesh, and for a 
week I felt that her recovery seemed quite likely, but on the 
morning of the eighth day she had a very severe fit and screamed 
like a cat; she never really regained consciousness, and died 
that night. 
Two other cases of interest have come under my observation, 
which I shall not undertake to name. The symptoms in case 
No. i, which was a grade Jersey cow, were as follows : She had 
calved within a week, but had not passed the foetal envelope. I 
removed the placenta ; the patient seemed to have spasmodic 
contractions of the muscles of the jaws, and kept up a continuous 
