EKED. EDWARDS. 
clicated decided improvement; she was turned to pasture 
when able to walk steadily and the owner reported her well 
Sept. 8th. 
Case 4. A filly, six weeks old, had not been able to walk 
right for several days when owner called me Aug. 15th. Up¬ 
on entering the barn the colt (a much petted foal) attempted 
to come directly to us. She kept her head toward us but the 
posterior part of the body reeled to the right and compelled 
the animal to stop and brace its limbs to prevent falling. Af¬ 
ter several efforts it reached us. On its return to the dam it 
fell and was unable to get up although it made several at¬ 
tempts. The dam was milked and the milk given to the foal, 
which drank it with apparent relish. It soon became excited 
and apparently tried to micturate, but without success. Gave 
oleum ricini 5 4 and small doses of pot. brom. to be given dur¬ 
ing excitement. Anasmia, anaesthesia of the skin, faintness and 
blindness of the left eye soon developed. The owner finally 
shot her. Post-mortem examination showed atrophy of the 
posterior portion of cord, which resembled a tape measure 
more than a spinal marrow. The walls of the external iliac 
arteries seemed thickened ; other parts normal. 
Case 5. Trotting bred colt, two months old, beside its 
dam in pasture field. When seen by me Sept. 9th owner said 
“ he thought it had fallen off considerably for a couple of days 
past.” Ordered the colt taken to the barn about a quarter of 
a mile distant. While attempting to follow its dam it con¬ 
tinued to stagger to the right and would have fallen into the 
fence had it not been assisted. Sometimes it would stamp the 
ground instead of moving forward, and even fall. With as¬ 
sistance it reached the barn much exhausted. When down it 
continually struggled to rise; had erection of penis, and ap¬ 
peared to be enduring severe pain. The next morning the 
anterior limbs were paralyzed, the left eye considerably 
sunken and nearly blind, severe pains recurring at intervals. 
This colt died the afternoon of the 12th—three days after the 
first evidence of sickness. All the structures appeared normal 
on post-mortem examination excepting the spinal cord, which 
was almost obliterated forward to the cervical regions. 
