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exhibited a series of symptoms which brought the author to the 
conclusion that she was suffering with acute peritonitis. She was 
sold to the butcher and destroyed, and besides an extensive and 
general inflammation of the peritoneum, with a bloody effusion in 
its cavity, the injury of the left horn of the uterus was exposed, 
partly closed by a large clot of blood.— Journal of Zootechnie. 
PARAPLEGIA IN THE HORSE. 
By Me. Ripebt. 
Any form of treatment that is followed by good results is 
comparatively justifiable, and the novelty of an application may 
sometimes form its best recommendation to a trial. This is partly 
demonstrated by the history of the following case, in which an 
attack of paraplegia gave way in a very short time to the hydro¬ 
therapies treatment of cold douches. A four-year-old horse was 
taken suddenly while at work with loss of power of the hinder 
extremities. The amputation of the tail, which produced a gen¬ 
eral bleeding, with stimulating drenches, purgatives, injections 
and strong frictions, all failed to give relief. Fearing a fatal 
result, the author then had recourse to the application of cold 
water douches over the loins, and in fifteen minutes there was a 
well-marked return of sensibility to the parts. This, after drying 
the skin with brisk friction, was followed by a subcutaneous in¬ 
jection of a solution of strychnia, and in three minutes the animal 
rose to his feet and micturated a viscous , strongly odorous and 
bloody urine , and from that moment was entirely relieved.— Ibid. 
[Was this a true case of paraplegia?— Ed.] 
TREATMENT OF SEPTIC METRITIS BY UTERINE IRRIGATIONS. 
By the Same. 
“In mares and bitches, the putrefaction of the after-birth is 
followed rapidly by puerperal septicemia, but in cows it gives rise 
only to a simple septic fever, which disappears upon the removal 
of the offending substance from the uterus. If, however, that 
organ is torn or injured, rachitis and septicemia soon appear.” 
