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as the case proceeds, the symptoms become more pronounced ; the 

 muscles of the face have a tense pinched appearance; the nostrils are 

 wide open, and there is foaming at the mouth. If the animal is made 

 to move round, it turns like a solid block, with its fore legs wide apart. 

 Patches of perspiration are noticed on various parts of the body, and, 

 in some cases, it sweats profusely all over. At first, the pulse is not 

 much affected, but finally becomes quick, hard, and oppressed. The 

 moment the animal ceases to breathe, all the muscles of the bod}' 

 become relaxed, soft, and flabby. 



614. Treatment. — Having seen a large number of cases, various 

 modes of treatment have come under my notice, such as bleeding, 

 phj^sicing, hot fomentations, applying a newly flayed sheep's skin to 

 the body, or heavy woollen rugs, giving prussic acid, belladonna, 

 aconite, chloroform, chloral hydrate, bromide potass,, opium, &c., &c., 

 recovery being sometimes attributed to one thing, and sometimes to 

 another. I have also tried hypodermic injections of the various 

 serums and anti-toxins without obtaining any beneficial results. My 

 greatest success, however, has been in getting the affected animal into 

 a quiet, secluded, well-ventilated, loose box, and supporting it with 

 slings to keep it from falling, for if it once gets down, it very rarely 

 gets on to its legs again without assistance. If called to the case 

 before the jaws become closed, and there is opportunity for giving a 

 dose of medicine, a six to eight drachm dose of physic must be given, 

 on the end of a small cane, taking great care not to excite the animal. 

 Sheets and rugs are then to be removed, as they only aggravate the 

 patient ; leave the body without any covering, as cold acts as a grand 

 sedative. Cases recover more readily in extremely cold frosty 

 weather, than in hot. If there be an external wound, clip off" the hair 

 from about it, and wash well with one part of Little's phenyle, and 60 

 parts of cold water ; then apply tincture of iron to the wound, and 

 cover it well up with a good plaster of extract of belladonna over 

 which is spread a thick layer of cotton-wool. Great success has 

 attended this mode of treatment, accompanied by alternate hypodermic 

 injections of pure carbolic acid (B.P.) and glycerine, and a mixture of 

 morphia and atropine, 30 to 40 drop doses of each, every six or eight 



