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TWELVE CASES OF TETANUS. 
tremities. Jaws might be opened IF inch. Treatment as 
before. This animal would take more than ^iv of the acid in 
all. Duration four weeks. 
Case 5. Traumatic tetanus ; recovered. — A grey cart-mare, 
six years old, the property of Mr. R. Burton Strickley, got 
loose in the stable during the night, and, probably from some 
nail or hook sticking out of the wall, she suffered an exten- 
sive triangular flap wound on the back part of the thigh ; 
this was attended to in the usual way, but within a week 
tetanus supervened. I could get no box at this place, and 
she had to remain in her stall in the same stable with other 
horses. She got on very slowly, the improvement not being 
uniform as in cases where they can be treated solus. Treat- 
ment ut antea. Duration six weeks. 
Case 6 . Idiopathic ; destroyed. — Belonging to Mr. James 
Scott, Windermere. A ’bus horse, aged, had been hard 
worked the last week, sweating a deal, and having to stand 
waiting trains. Cause, exposure and over-work. The same 
treatment was commenced ; but his owner being unwilling 
to try the case to the end, thinking it hopeless, had him put 
down without my knowledge. Duration of treatment three 
days. 
Case 7. Traumatic tetanus ; died. — An aged mare, the 
property of the same gentleman, came down and broke her 
knees ; being considered of little value, was not attended to 
for some time. I saw her a fortnight after the accident. 
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The joint of one knee was open, and synovia was escaping 
freely. 
Local and constitutional treatment was adopted, but death 
took place four days after I first saw her. 
Case 8. Traumatic tetanus ; recovered. — A carriage-horse, 
five years old, the property of W. Thompson, Esq., Morse- 
dale Hall, ran away in a cart, fell, and broke his knees, 
opening one of them. For a fortnight the case did well, 
when tetanus of a severe character set in. Treatment 
ut antea. Duration of the case six weeks. 
Case 9. Traumatic ; recovered. — A filly foal, about two 
months old, the property of C. W. Wilson, Esq., High Park, 
while galloping about with its dam, got one of its fore feet in 
a hole, and wrenched the fetlock-joint, causing great pain, 
swelling, and lameness. The mare and it were shut up in 
