The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-09-20
Pnralrsis. or Palsy.

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Paralysis, or Palsy. .,
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BY this we understand u condition in
which there is loss of muscular power
from the arrest of nervous Influence;
and in which the muscles themselves
continue unimpaired, but wholly or
partially cease TO he strong and moved
by the nervous energy, The paralysis
of the whole system, or what is gener-
ally called palsy, seems never to occur
in the horse; and the paralysis of the
whole of one side, or what is called
hemiplegia, seems to .ba comparatively
rare; but the paralysis Of both sides Of
the hintler extremity, zor what is called
paraplegia,cis somewhat frequent, and
occasionally very stubborn and severe
When hemiplegia occurs il is compara-
lively mild; but, ii not cured. it usually
passes into paraplegia. A palsy-struck
horse is commonly affected first in one
or both hind legs, walks on his fetlocks,
lis scarcely able to move forward, stag
gers at every step, and eventually falls,
His disease is essentially inhammatory,
and may generally be traced 10 a fall,
to oyer-working, to exposure to cold
and wet while covered with prespira-
ton, to some injury in the head, or to
the effects or mismanagement of stag
gers. The remedies are blistering or
mustard poulticing, warm clothing,
mash diet, frequent injections, and the
administration of sedatiFes or toncs,
according to circumstances and the
cause or causes. A numbness of the
limbs sometimes arises from ordinary
prolonged exposure to cold, wet wealth
err; but this must mot be,confounded
with palsy, and needs no special treat
ment; but it will soon 90 off In the
stable or other comparatively snug
situation Paralysis of the sphincter
muscle or neck of the bladder is some-
times induced by riding horse hard
and not giving him time to stale; and
this causes constant dribbling Of the
urine, and is often styled, with refer
ence to the mere effect, to the eXclu-,
sion of reference to the cause, ineonti-
nence Of urine. aF ..
Palsy in cattle is sometimes very COM
mon. and at times may assume the ap-
pearance of an epizootic,s and has been
knownrto attack numbers of animals in
certain districts. 1t generally has the
form of paraplegia,- but occasionally at
tacks the fore legs as wen as the hind
ones, and is usually slow in its progress
beginning in mere debility, inereas-
ing into stiffness and awkwardness of
motion, and terminating in total loss Of
the power of limb. The most freuuents
causes of it are turning cattle out too
early in the year to grass, depasturing
on low, maTshy, cold situations, driving
/ out hard-driven COWS to search for food
during cold nights, and stewing up cat
tie in damp, ill-ventilated, ill-kept,
| filthy barns and sheds. The chief rem
edies for 1t are comfortable housing,
| profusion of clean litter. loosening med
| icines in combination with cordials;
and, in bad cases, the free external use
| of stimulating liniment, and perhaps
| the interal administration OF nHX vomica
and strychnine, in small and repeated
doses.
Palsy in sheep and lambs sometimes
affects every limb, and sometimes af-
fects only the loins. IL most frequently
\ attacks lambs, but also attacks sheep OF
all ages and particularly ewes tha
have aborted or have had tedious and
difficult parturition. Some young lambs,
when attacked by it, die the very night
of the attack~and others lose all power
in their hind legs, and seldom, recover
sufficiently from the effects OF IL to. be-
come large and vigorous sheep. The
principal causes of it are severe weather,
excessive nutriment, sudden change Of
food, and pressure ON the brain from
the presence of hydatids. The cure for
ii in all cases, except when it arises from
hydatid pressure, is strictly similar to
the cure for il in cattle; and any posi-
bility of cure in hydatidal eases must
necessarily be;contingent ON the previ-
iFous reduction of the exciting cause --11the
4 removal of the. tape-woFTn cyst, il It's
4 location Is such thatfit can .lbe reached
,l,with proper Instruments Numbness or
\ rheumatism arising from exposure 10
'hsevere frost ehasE no NECESSARY 5cofirirc-
tion with palsy, andslnay generally be
removed by very simple and Obvious
remedies. = Ptafrle frnlef ; s
/, ~ Honey raising in cities is.a new in
Adustry lately developed. The editors OF
iha magazine published in New York City
and devoted sto-bee. culture is a practi-
cal man, and keeps an apiary OF one
y .hundfed hikes on the roof of his put-
! lishino house ID tlIc heart of The citys.