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stall should be slightlj' darkened and supplied with soft 

 bedding. If the wound where infection took place can 

 be located, it should be opened, to give free access 

 to air, for this prevents the germs from growing. The 

 wound should be thoroughly cleansed, and antiseptics, 

 such as carbolic acid (one part in twenty parts of 

 water), applied to the wound twice dail}'. Tetanus 

 usually shows itself in four to twenty days (in most 

 cases about ten days) following an injury. Horses 

 suffering from this disease should not be drenched, as 

 this treatment excites them too much. Fluid extract 

 of belladonna, one dram, may be made into a sticky 

 paste with molasses and flour and applied to the tongue 

 every two hours for five or six doses, or until the ani- 

 mal is quiet. Morphine may be used in the same way in 

 one- to two-grain doses, or the same amount may be in- 

 jected under the skin of the neck or shoulder with a 

 hypodermic syringe. A remedy that has given good 

 results, although but recently introduced, is the follow- 

 ing: Carbolic acid, 95 per cent, two ounces; glycerin, 

 one ounce; distilled water, one ounce. Inject one dram 

 hypodermically every two hours for fort}-- eight hours, 

 then once in four hours. In all cases, the horse must 

 be kept as quiet and comfortable as possible. If 

 the horse can drink, give sweet milk, and gruels con- 

 taining raw, beaten eggs. If he can eat, give laxative 

 food, such as mashes and fresh grass. Cases of tetanus 

 in which convulsions have set in are usually fatal. 

 Several weeks must be allowed for recovery after the 

 acute symptoms disappear. 



