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Show Editor Dcscrct Farmer: I have a marc peculiarly aftcctcd whiolrl wish you would prescribe forrShc takes r spells ill which shcccms to go crazy. She will standpcrfcctly still for per-haps-aiv-'liour, with eyes partially closed and head low, then with apparent ap-parent exertion she will start a rapid walk, in a aimless way, pay no attention atten-tion to where she is going, stumbling over brush or anything in her way; if I step ahead of her and try to stop her she will pay no attention to me; when I put a rope on her she continues con-tinues right oo as though no one was near her and can only stop her 'by snubbing to a post. She1) is in fair-ly good flesh and has good life when in harness. During those spells which last somewhere from 12 to 24 hours, she docs not cat or drink. 1 She seems to want to but acts as I though it hurt her to swallow. She i doesn't seem to be in any acute pain 1 after the spell; she doesn't cat just I right, she walks wittlf'hcr head too low, and don't seem to have natural action. I have been reading "Diseases of the Horse," by The Department of Agriculture, 1907, and find her synip-oms synip-oms resemble somewhat "Brain Affection," Af-fection," "Hydrocephalus," p. 203. Her appetite is never first-class; she . don't seem to cat with a relish. IT. M. TAYLOR, Rcdmcsa, Colo. Chronic Hydrocephalus or Dropsy of the Ventricles of the Brain. Answer to H. M. Taylor, Colorado. Dropsy of the ventricles of the brain is common in horses in certain countries; especially is this true in warm climates. The cause usually J comes on slowly and appears, in a great many animals, to be inherited. It is usually, found in the horse with $ a lymphatic temperament. Can be I' caused by injuries to the crannial i cavity pr by tumors of the brain. The predisposed animal is usually low- M bred with a narrowness of the cran- m nium and the space between the ears, K and with a sloping of tthc head from M Vthc eye to th oil. The eye is usual- H ly dull and t. ; skin in such an aui- mal lacks vitality. In most cases treatment is useless as the lesions arc usually developed E to such an extent that treatment be- V comes impracticable. Some animals have overcome the conditions by a I change of climate. It sccms,usually I to affect animals less (hjllg winter I than summer .and recovery usually I takes place during the colder months. A thoroughblistcr to the spine has 1 proven beneficial in some cases. However, it is very uncertain. 10 1 |