84 TETANUS, OB LOCK- JAW. 



remedy for INDIGESTION, J J, alternately with that 

 for INFLAMMATION, A A, will be of value, giving one 

 in the morning, and the other at night. 



Concussion of the brain, inducing symptoms and a 

 condition not essentially varying from the above, re- 

 quires the same treatment, together with such exter- 

 na J applications as the wound may require. 



Tetanus, or Lock-Jaw. 



This disease is more common in the horse than 

 in other domestic animals. It consists of a muscu- 

 lar spasm of the jaw (whence its name), which 

 usually from thence extends to all the muscles of the 

 body. It most frequently occurs in consequence of 

 an injury or wound, such as broken knees, open 

 joints, severe bruises, nicked or docked tail, castra- 

 tion, wounds of the feet, prick of a nail, or even the 

 galling of a crupper. It is also caused by cold or 

 damp, sudden arrest of strangles, worms, or a bad 

 condition of the stomach 



SYMPTOMS. In general it comes on very slowly, 

 but also, in some cases, with great violence. The 

 muscles of the neck and jaw are first affected, so 

 that the horse has great difficulty in swallowing and 

 turning his neck. The muscles then become quite 

 stiff ; the mouth is nearly closed ; the jaws cannot be 

 parted, and little or no food can be taken into the 

 mouth. By degrees all the muscles become affected 

 with the same stiffness and cramp ; the eyes are still 

 and staring, pulled back into their sockets, and 

 squinted outward, and the haw is thrust forward ; the 



