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REPORTS OF CASES. 
A modern veterinarian should and often does possess as 
good an education as a medical dpctor. This being the case, 
people can no longer look down upon him as belonging to an 
inferior order of beings. 
Therefore the veterinary pi'ofession is worthy of the con¬ 
sideration of the young man who is saying, “ What shall I 
do?” 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
‘ ‘ Careful observation makes a skillful practitioner, but Ms skill dies with him. 
By recording his observations he adds to the knowledge of his profession , and assists 
by his facts in building up the solid edifice of pathological science .''' 1 — Veterinary 
Record. - 
HEMIPLEGIA IN A FOX TERRIER—WONDERFUL ENDURANCE TO 
NUX VOMICA. 
By L. H. Hempelman, D.V.S., House Surgeon. 
April 4th a small female fox terrier, suffering with hemiple¬ 
gia, was admitted to the hospital department of the Ameri¬ 
can Veterinary College. 
Her history was somewhat incomplete. She had been 
taken with a fit, had recovered from it, but was found moving 
sidewise, the near side of the body being apparently partially 
paralyzed. A practitioner of the city, who had seen her, 
thought the dog had received some injury about the shoulder 
and for a few days had treated her accordingly. As she failed 
to improve, further advice was sought, with the result that she 
was admitted to the hospital, with all the symptoms of partial 
paralysis of the left side of the body, and the animal was placed 
under treatment. Cathartics were prescribed with tinct. of nux 
vomica, one drop three times a day, to be gradually increased, 
so that by the 9th she was taking five gtt. at a dose. The 
treatment was continued until the 16th, at which time she 
was so far recovered that she was discharged and taken 
home. 
Four days later she was brought back, having had a sec¬ 
ond attack of apoplexy. She was then worse than during the 
first attack, and was completely paralyzed on the left side. 
