ral nerve tonics may be of benefit, viz, iodid of iron, 1 dram;
pulverized nux vomica, 1 dram; pulverized scutellaria (skull-cap), 1
ounce. Mix and give in the feed once a day for two weeks. Arsenic in the
form of Fowler's solution is often beneficial. If the cause is connected
with organic brain lesions, treatment is usually unsuccessful.

EPILEPSY, OR FALLING FITS.

The cause of epilepsy is seldom traceable to any special brain lesions.
In a few cases it accompanies disease of the pituitary body, which is
located in the under surface of the brain. Softening of the brain may
give rise to this affection. Attacks may occur only once or twice a year
or they may be of frequent recurrence.

_Symptoms._--No premonitory symptoms precede an epileptic fit. The
animal suddenly staggers; the muscles become cramped; the jaws may be
spasmodically opened and closed, and the tongue become lacerated between
the teeth; the animal foams at the mouth and falls in a spasm. The urine
flows involuntarily, and the breathing may be temporarily arrested. The
paroxysm soon passes off, and the animal gets on its feet in a few
minutes after the return of consciousness.

_Treatment._--Dashing cold water on the head during the paroxysm. After
the recovery 1 dram of oxid of zinc may be given in the feed twice a day
for several weeks, or benefit may be derived from the tonic prescribed
for chorea.

PARALYSIS, OR PALSY.

Paralysis is a weakness or cessation of the muscular contraction by
diminution of loss of the conducting power or stimulation of the motor
nerves. Paralytic affections are of two kinds, the complete and the
incomplete. The former includes those in which both motion and
sensibility are affected; the latter those in which only one or the
other is lost or diminished. Paralysis may be general or partial. The
latter is divided into hemiplegia and paraplegia. When only a small
portion of the body is affected, as the face, a limb, the tail, it is
designated by the term local paralysis. When the irritation extends from
the periphery of the center it is termed reflex paralysis.

Causes are much varied. Most of the acute affections of the brain and
spinal cord may lead to paralysis. Injuries, tumors, disease of the
blood vessels of the brain, etc., all have a tendency to produce
suspension of the conducting motive power to the muscular structures.
Pressure upon, or the severing of, a nerve causes a paralysis of the
parts to which su