4&£ CASE OF LOCKED JAW. [BOOK II. 



culty, which increased as the stiffness of the neck 

 became worse. The ears stuck up, whilst the suf- 

 ferer could scarcely move a foot,, and this with the 

 greatest pain. Thus it is, every hour the malady 

 is found to extend itself towards the more vital 

 parts, until reaching the heart, life is then extin- 

 guished. The brain appears to be affected at the 

 very earliest period of the attack, when the animal 

 evinces unusual apprehension, and will neigh and 

 prick up its ears at the approach of any one, as the 

 last effort of nature to obtain the notice of man. 

 The pulse is then increased to about 50 ; but in the 

 future stages of the disorder it falls again below 40, 

 and lower still until its final extinction. 



In a few hours the balls of the eyes of the ani- 

 mal just alluded to were turned back, showing the 

 nerve which retained the ball in position in a dis- 

 tressing manner ; he appeared to suffer much pain, 

 respiration had ceased, the abdomen was drawn to- 

 gether, and immediate dissolution might be expected 

 momentarily. When the subject was opened, we 

 were struck with the inflamed state of the mesen- 

 tery, and all the lacteal s assumed a bloody appear- 

 ance. Previously to this catastrophe, we hit the 

 animal hard on the forehead with the fist, once ; 

 the blow shook his whole frame, which before was 

 as stiff as if made of wood ; its eyes immediately 

 returned full one-half way back again towards the 

 proper situation, and we' plainly saw that its jaws, 

 which had been knit together, seemed to relax some- 

 what, and the rigidity of the neck gave way. 



