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THE MODERN SYSTEM 



glysters the whole of the time you are exhibit- 

 ing- the medicine. I have administered prussic 

 acid ; but never with any good effect. I have 

 also administered brandy, with the cordial 

 pectoral ball dissolved in it, with good effects. 

 In conclusion : of tetanus, I should never give 

 a case up, until I had tried every means 

 possible. 



ON STRING-HALT. 



String-halt is an involuntary and convul- 

 sive motion of the muscles which extend, or 

 bend the hock ; principally considered the 

 superficial musd^s. or the facia lying on the 

 iMide of the thigh, occasioning him to twitch 



up one, or both his hind legs, in a most re- 

 markable manner. Strains and blows are the 

 causes, to which this disease is generally 

 attributed. I once was called to a Horse that 

 was cast in a ditch, and we were obliged to 

 employ ropes to extricate him. He had 

 struggled very hard whilst in the ditch ; but 

 when released, he had the affection of string- 

 halt in the leg that was underneath. A cure 

 is seldom effected. I have known soap lini- 

 ment well rubbed on in the inside of the thigh, 

 to relieve the disease ; but never saw a per- 

 fect cure. In some parts of the continent, it is 

 considered a graceful movement, when ia 

 both legs. 



