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THE VETERINARY SCIENCE 
castrated animal away from damp places and cold winds is 
therefore apparent. 
Tetanus usually appears about the time a wound has 
healed, and is more likely to follow a wound that has been 
allowed to heal prematurely — faster than it should. 
Symptoms. — These are easily detected. In the earlier 
stages there is a peculiar stiffness of the body. He walks 
with the neck high and the head pointed forward as if suffer- 
ing from sore throat. He has a peculiar, high action and is 
unable to lower the head to pasture except in very mild cases. 
The appetite seems to be fair, as he makes attempts to cat. 
Sudden excitement causes him to almost groan, as if in pain. 
He throws the tail up, raises the head quickly and turns up 
Fig. 37. — The Rigid Position Assumed in an Attack of Lockjaw. 
the white of the eyes. The muscles seem to be hard, drawn 
and set all over the body and he almost falls. An examina- 
tion of the mouth discloses the fact that it can be opened 
only slightly. These symptoms gradually become more 
violent until he is unable to stand. Severe fits of struggling, 
during which he appears to be in terrible agony, follow, until 
death ends his suffering. 
