72 DADD'S VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 
they don’t do harm. You ask, then, what is the use of attending 
medical Jectures? Ill tell you. We come here (to the college of 
France) to study Nature, to learn to reinforce and aid Nature, not 
to spin fine theories. I would not give a centime for all the theorics 
in the world. Give me stubborn facts.’ 
“Such was the bold and candid language of one of the greatest 
anatomists and physicians of the age but a short time before hig 
death. Our medical men do not take quite such strong ground as 
Majendie took, but they show their lack of faith in what was 
formerly called ‘ vigorous treatment’ by sparing medication, and a 
still more limited use of the lancet and other mechanical means 
of depletion. Nature, after having been professionally misused for 
centuries, seems at last to have found a friend and ally in the 
medical faculty.” 
We now come more directly to the treatment of tetanus; and, in 
view of showing what unwarrautable outrages are perpetrated cn 
the poor uncomplaining brute, the following article is here intro- 
duced : 
“ Wounds of tendinous and ligamentous parts are the common 
cause of tetanus, more generally known as locked-jaw, so-called 
because the first symptoms of the violent spasmodic affection ave 
detected in the jaw. Castration, nicking, docking, lacerations, and 
punctures, particularly of the feet, are the kinds of wounds that 
end in tetanus. Even slight contusions will bring it on. It is a 
dreadful and, too often, a fatal disease. The animal is nearly 
paralyzed by the constant spasm of all the voluntary muscles, 
The symptoms are unmistakable: First, a certain stiftness about 
the throat, and difficulty in swallowing or turning the head. This 
gradually extends to the jaws, contracting the mouth. The horse 
possesses a desire to masticate, but, in the earliest stage of the dis- 
ease, the work is imperfectly performed, with great pain. The eyes 
become vivid in appearance, and present a retroverted aspect. The 
disease continues to spread, and when it affects the voluntary mus- 
cles of the trunk and the extremities, the animal becomes a living 
picture of agony and distress. The cocked yet quivering tail, the 
distended legs, the contraction of the abdominal muscles, the trem- 
ulous and irregular pulse, the hurried respiration, the sweat-marks, 
and the fixed and sunken eyes, all speak unmistakably of the vio- 
lent and painful nature of the disease. The animal sometimes 
suffers for six or seven days, when it falls, completely exhausted 
