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suppurating, so that the horn was completely separated at these 
points. An examination of the internal plantar nerve showed, 
upon the distal extremity, the development of a neuroma, which 
accounted for the tenderness of the parts and the tendency to rest 
that member. The external nerve was cicatrizing in the usual 
manner. The internal digital artery and the lower part of the 
collateral of the cannon, had undergone degenerative changes, 
which had terminated in a complete occlusion of the caliber for a 
distance of four inches. The subcutaneous connective tissue con¬ 
tained much effused serum, while the lymphatics were distended 
with fluid, and a greatly increased number of cellular elements. 
The off foot presented only simple navicular arthritis and small 
side bones. 
STRYCHNIA IN SPINAL MENINGITIS. 
By A. A. Holcombe, D.V.S. 
Since the early summer months of 1876, I have been study¬ 
ing the effects of strychnia in spinal and cerebro-spinal meningi¬ 
tis. In the latter form of the disease, the only cases that ever 
recovered for me were those that received large doses of this 
remedy, in conjunction with the use of belladonna. The same 
treatment has proved most effective when employed in uncompli¬ 
cated spinal meningitis. I have had a recent opportunity to test 
its efficacy in an acute attack of the disease, and with such favor¬ 
able results as to warrant the report of the case. 
The subject was a nine-years-old gelding, used for light coach 
work, which he had performed regularly up to the morning of the 
21st of December last, when he was noted off his feed 
and standing listless in his stall; but when moved out walked as 
well as usual. At one o’clock p.m., I found him standing- 
in the stall with marked opisthotonos, scarcely able to move 
the hind parts in progression, and wobbling from side to side as 
though about to fall. His pulse was beating at eighty two per 
