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talis, with nitrate of potash and emetics. On the third day, the 
spasms became more violent, when a dose of sulphate of mag¬ 
nesia in an infusion of chamomile was given, which was followed 
by relief, and a complete recovery in about ten hours.— Ibid . 
A CASE OF SCIATICA IN THE HORSE. 
By the Same. 
The patient in this case became lame in the left posterior leg, 
which, increasing, by degrees, had become intense. The animal 
stepped only on his toe while walking, and when at rest his leg 
was held up all the time. Nothing appeared in the foot, and there 
were no visible external lesions. Pressure on the leg along the 
course of the sciatic nerve and its branches evidently caused great 
pain, and hard pressure on the front of the metatarsus produced 
suffering so intense that the animal let himself drop. 
The suffering became overpowering when the hip, the stifle 
and the tendon achilles were pressed .upon. The appetite was 
lost, pulse acclerated, temperature normal; the lameness was 
slightly mitigated by exercise. The treatment was by friction of 
belladonna ointment, three times a day, over the painful, nervous 
spots, with bromide of potash internally, which was followed by 
an improvement which enabled the animal to take exercise. But 
a subsequent relapse occurred with an apparent aggravation of 
the pain and an excessive development of all the symptoms. 
The treatment was then changed to frictions of oil of belladonna 
internally, electuaries of the same drug, and the result was favor¬ 
able. The animal was able to resume his work in a month, and 
since then has had no return of the malady.— Ibid. 
ARTHRALGIA OF COWS RECENTLY DELIVERED. 
By Prof. Dessart. 
Under this name the author describes a rheumatismal- affec¬ 
tion of milch cows, which he had observed, and which had af¬ 
fected eight animals out of a herd of eighty-two. In the history 
of the affection it is stated that all the cows had been safely de¬ 
livered, but that after a few days the affected animals began to 
