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Ihe head, and then applied at different points along the 

 sj^ne. His tail and neck soon lost their rigidity, he 

 moved his limbs rapidly, and kicked smartly. These 

 applications were repeated five or six times, with inter- 

 vals of a day or two, beginning with slight shocks, and 

 gradually increasing them. 



His neighbor insisted that he should also try his rem 

 edy, which he said he had tried five or six times with 

 complete success. Accordingly, the horse was plunged 

 into deep water every day, and made to swim three or 

 four minutes. He improved slowly. In a fortnight he 

 was turned to grass, and the harness put on him in a 

 month. He became well, and as active and spirited as 

 ever. 



Another. Some very severe cases have been cured 

 by dashing thirty or forty pailfuls of cold water suddenly 

 all over the animal, and repeating the operation, if neces- 

 sary, at intervals of two hours. This was recommended 

 by the late eminent Dr. Rush. A mare that seemed 

 almost dead with locked jaw, was revived and cured by 

 repeated applications of cold water. 



Another. Mix strong soft soa p with pulverized chalk, 

 so as to make them of the consistence of buckwheat bat- 

 ter. Apply this to the wound that causes the locked jaw, 

 or from which it is apprehended, and keep the chalk 

 moistened with soap, until the wound begins to discharge, 

 and the patient is relieved. 



Note. In cases of human patients, it is said that the 

 application of a piece of brass or copper, — if rusty the 

 better, — a cent, for instance, is excellent for drawing a 

 wound made by a nail in the foot, and thus prevents the 

 locked jaw. In cases of a nail in the foot, we have used, 

 and known others to use, with excellent success, the rind 

 of salt pork, the flesh part applied to the wound, and, in 

 severe cases, renewed every day. 



Another. English authorities recommend bleeding 

 freely, almost to faintness ; and when the jaws have re- 

 laxed, give gentle physic, and turn it down slowly, (in 

 cattle or sheep,) that it may go into the fourth stomach, 

 and not into the paunch, as it will if poured down at 

 once. At the iame time, administer clysters every three 

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