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castrated animal away from damp places and cold winds is 

 therefore apparent. 



Tetanus usually appears about the time a wound has 

 healed, and is more likely to follow a wound that has been 

 allowed to heal prematurely — faster than it should. 



Symptoms, — These are easily detected. In the earlier 

 stages there is a peculiar stiffness of the body. He walks 

 with the neck high and the head pointed forward as if suffer- 

 ing from sore throat. He has a peculiar, high action and is 

 unable to lower the head to pasture except in very mild cases. 

 The appetite seems to be fair, as he makes attempts to eat. 

 Sudden excitement causes him to almost groan, as if in pain. 

 He throws the tail up, raises the head quickly and turns up 



Fig. 37. — The Rigid Position Assumed in an Attack of Lockjaw. 



the white of the eyes. The muscles seem to be hard, drawn 

 and set all over the body and he almost falls. An examina- 

 tion of the mouth discloses the fact that it can be opened 

 only slightly. These symptoms gradually become more 

 violent until he is unable to stand. Severe fits of struggling, 

 during which he appears to be in terrible agony, follow, until 

 death ends his suffering:. 



