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later his owner began over again the alcoholic regimen, which 
is in a few days followed with the same effects as before, and 
those are removed by merely the suppression of the alcohol 
and the administration of black coffee. 
Another pup, four months old, in a spasm of epilepsy, re¬ 
ceived a pony of pure brandy. He died iyi ten minutes, 
showing at the post mortem no lesions to explain the sudden 
death, except in the stomach, which is highly congested, con¬ 
tained the whole glass of brandy. A few ascarids in the in¬ 
testines explained the epileptiform symptoms. 
In fowls, the effects of alcohol are not so rare ; but they 
are not so frequently fatal. In one instance, however, Mr. 
Bissauge observed the death of seven animals—six hens and a 
duck which had partaken too freely of a meal of cherries 
preserved in brandy which had been thrown to them because 
they were old and somewhat fermented.— Rec. de Med. Vet. 
ACUTE ENCEPHALITIS TREATED WITH PILOCARPINE- 
RECOVERY. 
By Mr. P. Massa. 
A twelve-year-old mare presented symptoms of incipient 
cerebral congestion for which she is treated by the adminis¬ 
tration of aloes, sinapisms under the abdomen, mustard frictions 
on the neck and extremities. During the night she had epil¬ 
eptiform attacks, the eyes are fixed and staring, the jaws con¬ 
tracted, pulse accelerated, temperature 38°. 8. A seton is 
placed on the sides of the neck and ten centigrams of chloro- 
hydrate of pilocarpine injected subcutaneously. During the 
day she had another severe attack and seems in a very, bad con¬ 
dition. She pushes her head against the wall of her stall, her 
respiration is very labored, the pulse accelerated and the 
temperature has raised to 39 0 . 6. She has another injection 
of pilocarpine (20 centigrams). The next day the symp¬ 
toms are less marked. A third injection of ten centigrams 
is made. From this day the improvement continues, and with 
the administration of bromide of sodium soon enters upon 
convalescence.— Ibid. 
