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unnatural excrescence, and the cause of the 

 disease : they frequently therefore cut it off. 

 The once celebrated Mr. Taplin considered 

 the haw as a preternatural enlargement of the 

 corners of the eye. So gross an error, for the 

 sake of humanity and common sense, should 

 he got rid of by all who have imbibed his 

 mistaken notions. 



Locked Jaw. 



This disease, very fortunately, occurs but 

 seldom, as it generally terminates fatally. It 

 begins with a difficulty in mastication ; at 

 length the jaws become so completely and 

 immoveably closed, that neither medicines 

 nor food can be got into the stomach, llie 

 inusgles of the neck are generally in a state of 

 rigid contraction, and the animal appears to 

 suffer great pain. It is- often brought on by 

 trifling causes, such as wounds of the foot, in- 

 flammation of the tail, from docking or nicking, 

 &c. ; and sometimes ic attacks without any 

 apparent cause. Various remedies have been 

 tried in this complaint, but I do not think 

 any effectual mode of treatment has yet been 

 discovered. Immersion in cold water, or even 



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