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body, and he staggered to such a degree that artificial assistance 
and bracing were necessary to enable him to keep up in any case. * 
After going down the second time he remained on his bed for 
about an hour, breathing laboriously, and appearing to suffer 
great pain. His pulse changed from about sixty-five to seventy. 
Cold water was applied on the head during the night. He was 
also raised up, with much assistance, and a form of treatment pre 
scribed, consisting of hot fomentations to his back and strychnia 
internally in grain doses every four hours. His pulse had. sub¬ 
sided and he presented then the same appearance as when I 
first visited him, but in a greatly aggravated form. At that time 
he was unable to grasp or to masticate his food, although if it 
was forced into his mouth he would chew well enough on the 
right side, though the masticated ball would collect and lodge on 
the left, between the cheek and the teeth. 
On the 16th, at 12 a. m., he was put in slings and rested well 
in them, and at 2 o’clock he micturated for the first time since he 
was injured, his urine being highly colored. He had before defe¬ 
cated in a normal manner. The same treatment was continued, 
the slings being removed in the evening. 
On the 17th in the morning, the slings were again applied 
and continued on during the day, to be again removed at night. 
During the day he laid down for three hours, and rose again with 
but little assistance, that of but one man at his tail. The slings 
were put on again on the 18th and kept on, and on the 19th a 
stiff blister was applied over the poll, on each side of the median 
line. The warm fomentations on the back were discontinued, 
but the strychnia was continued. On the 20th, the slings were 
dispensed with altogether. The blister was again renewed on 
the 26th, and up to my visit on the 28th of June, the same in¬ 
ternal treatment was persevered in, being followed with gradual, 
though slow improvement. 
The following were the prevailing symptoms at the period of 
my visit, varying only from those which were present at the 
origin of the case by the diminished degree of their force and 
severity: 
The animal was in a large box stall, and although he carried 
