156 The Management and Treatment of the Horse, 



and night, for which purpose two thick horsecloths were 

 constantly placed in boiling water, wrung out and put on 

 the horse as hot as possible. Chloroform and sulphuric 

 either were also prescribed ; these were placed on a piece 

 of sponge and held under the nostrils for the horse to 

 inhale its fumes. The animal was placed in a stable and 

 kept moderately warm. This treatment was continued 

 night and day for three days, at the termination of which 

 the animal was better. The muscular tension had 

 diminished, the respiration was perceptibly better, and 

 the jaws could be opened to the breadth of two fingers. 

 With this amelioration in the symptoms the animal gave 

 evidence of relief by frequently drinking oatmeal gruel, 

 in which ^were large doses of tartar emetic and nitrate of 

 potash. This treatment was persevered with for ten more 

 days, and gradually brought about an amendment. 



On the twenty-fourth day from the receipt of the 

 injury, and the thirteenth of medical treatment, the 

 medicines hitherto administered were discontinued, and 

 eight grammes of bromide of potassium was given daily 

 with enemas now and then, and dry frictions were sub- 

 stituted until the thirtieth day. At this time the 

 animal began to eat slowly of bran mash, and afterwards 

 damp forage, but it was not until above two months 

 from the commencement of convalescence that it had 

 perfectly recovered. The old fashioned-method of 

 bleeding for tetanus has almost died out, and many cases 

 are now on record in which the beneficial effects of 

 hydrate of chloral have been proved, in many instances 

 no other agent being used, enemas and hot fomentation 

 excepted. Dr. Coryllos gives us two cases which he 



