A VARIETY OF PRACTICAL CASES. 
lumbar flexus, at the articulation I found an excavation : a hole 
in the spinal canal, and there was an extensive melanotic de¬ 
posit extending all around the cord, passing on it and producing 
the paralysis. 
Case No. 2 was a gray mare, eight years old, i 6}4 hands 
high, weighing about 1,700 pounds, a well-bred Norman, and in 
foal. She was owned by a well-to-do farmer, who gave us the 
history as follows : The mare was all right a few days before ; 
he had driven and worked her, and she seemed to be all right; 
but the day before when he led her to water, he noticed that 
she staggered, not only behind, but in front as well. She eats 
well, drinks well, laid down, but it was difficult for her to get 
up. I made an examination ; found temperature and pulse nor¬ 
mal ; no soreness in the regions of the loins ; examination per 
rectum and vagina revealed everything normal; a few melanotic 
tumors on vulva and anus. The mare had good horse sense, 
but had lost control of the locomotory apparatus. 
I related several cases to the owner, which had occurred in 
my practice. She was a good mare, and he requested me to 
treat her. I prescribed same treatment as in Case No. 1. Con¬ 
tinuing this treatment for one week, when I noticed she could 
hardly stand, so put her out of slings for one day and then 
raised her again ; but she seemed relaxed and not able to stand. 
I advised owner to destroy her, and on post-mortem found the 
same condition as in Case No. 1, only the deposit was in the 
cervical region, anterior to the brachial plexus, producing par¬ 
alysis of the anterior extremities as well as the posterior. 
Gentlemen, I have had two other cases, gray mares showing 
the same symptoms ; unsteady gait; no constitutional disturb¬ 
ance ; required the use of slings, and those two cases made good 
recoveries, and in a short time a month to six weeks. Those 
cases have been misleading to me ; sudden in attack, not com¬ 
ing on gradually, and the symptoms accordingly. What are 
you going to say to the owner, and how are you going to treat 
them ? 
I will report two similar cases that occurred in my practice 
