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ble stimulant having been given at first, she was ordered four ounces of 
brandy with half ounce tincture of ferri, to be given in a little tepid 
water, and mustard to be applied to the sides, and friction to the ears 
and extremities. An hour later her breathing was less labored, her ex¬ 
tremities warm, and the pulse firmer. Shortly afterwards she was found 
lying on her left side, and, as it were, trotting at an enormous rate. 
Every limb was pounding away in precisely the same manner as they 
would do in fast trotting—fore and hind feet keeping exact time. The 
head was extended, the nostrils dilated, the ears pricked, and the tail 
carried out; but the eyes were unnaturally prominent and fixed. This 
imaginary race lasted seventeen minutes ; ceasing with a shrill neigh 
almost as suddenly as it commenced, and leaving the patient bathed in» 
perspiration. If touched or excited by noise the limbs were brought 
into the same action, but a gentle word and quietude had the effect of 
soothing the patient. 
Between three or four hours after the above delirium she became 
conscious, took greedily of some tepid water, rose to her feet, ate a 
warm mash, and gradually continued to improve.— Veterinary Journal. 
DISCORDANCE OF THE RESPIRATORY MOVEMENTS IN DISEASES. 
By F. St. Cyr. 
In a long paper this eminent veterinarian presents a series of ex¬ 
periments and observations which he has made upon the tracings ob¬ 
tained by him with the pneograph and pneumograph in the different 
diseases of the respiration apparatus. After printing the tracings which 
he has taken, recording the pathological lesions found in post-mortem, 
he arrives at the following conclusions : 
1st. That in the state of health the motion of raising and lower¬ 
ing of the flank are executed simultaneously in the healthy animal. 
2d. That in some diseases, and especially in pleurisy with effusion, 
in capillary bronchitis, when complicated with lobular pneumonia, in 
extensive pulmonary emphyzema, this harmony is more or less dis¬ 
turbed. 
3d. That this disturbance of harmony thus resulting and which 
can be more or less recognized by the ordinary means of exploration, 
consists simply in this, that at a given time the abdomen enlarges, and 
the flank rises at the same time that the ribs are lowered down and re¬ 
ciprocally .—Journal de Medecine Veterinaire de Lyon. 
