88 TETANUS, OE LOCK-JAW. 



and the disease is gone. If the animal has not been 

 sufficiently Cailled, only a dry heat will come on, and 

 the spasms remain. The operation must then be 

 repeated, until the result is obtained. But if the 

 animal be thoroughly chilled and treated as above, a 

 warm perspiration will come on, with entire relief of 

 the spasm. 



The horse will then be well, and only need careful 

 and gradual removal of the superfluous covering, so 

 as not to chill the animal again or permit him to 

 take cold. 



During this entire process the medical treatment, 

 as above mentioned, must be continued, and for 

 some time after, to prevent a return. 



FOOD. \Yhen the jaws are firmly set, no food can 

 be given, but there are times when the spasms relax, 

 and the jaws are rather wider than at other periods. 

 Green food and gruel may then be offered to the 

 horse. When the jaws becomes more open, he may 

 have bran, clover, or hay-tea, gruel, and such similar 

 food. It the jaws can not be opened, or he can not 

 swallow, meal or oatmeal-gruel may be injected, by 

 means of a large syringe, into the fundament, and 

 life be thus prolonged. 



Care must be taken to feed sparingly when 

 recovering, or indigestion and a fatal result may be 

 the consequence. 



