DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 179 
of potash 2 oz., pulverized sulphur 6 oz., black antimony 
2 oz.; mix and divide into 16 eo powie 8, give one morning 
and night, 
HIDE-BOUND. 
Any derangement of the system has a tendency to 
produce this.condition of the skin. Medicines of an alter. 
ative character are here indicated; the most successful 
are: Sulphur pulverized 8 oz., nitrate of potassa pulver- 
ized 3 0z., black antimony pulverized 2 0z., sulphate of 
iron 4 oz. ; mix all together and give one table-spoonfal 
twice aday. Or Barbadoes aloes 2 oz., nitre 1 oz. gen- 
tian 1 oz.; mix and divide into 16 powders, one to be 
given night and morning. 
_ LOCKED-JAW. 
- This is one of the most troublesome and uncertain 
diseases with which the veterinary surgeon has to com- 
bat ; it is technically called tetanus. It arises generally 
from nail-wounds in the feet, sharp, metallic substances 
taken into and wounding the stomach, or stones in the 
stomach or intestines; bots are said occasionally to be 
the cause of locked-jaw, etc., etc. The first symptoms 
of the disease are observed about the ninth or tenth day 
after-the injury is done, which are a straggling or stiff 
ness of the hind-legs, to which succeeds, in a few days, 
the following: On elevating the-head, a spasmodic mo- 
tion of the membrane in the inner corner of the eye will 
be observed, showing little more than the white of the 
eye, the muscles of the jaws become rigid, the tongue 
is swollen, and the mouth filled with saliva, the ears are 
erect, the nose poked out, the nostrils expand, the respir- 
ation becomes disturbed, and finally the jaws become 
firmly set, and the bowels are constipated, 
