686 NORTH OF SCOTLAND VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
“ I first cleansed the wound, and poulticed the foot, and then gave 
a cathartic. I tried to administer hydrocyanic acid in water given 
her to drink ; but she refused to take the agent in that form ; and 
as it was almost impossible to give her anything by the mouth, I 
exhibited the acid, mixed with gruel, as an enema, after the rectum 
had been cleared out. The use of the agent was then continued, 
with the addition of ten minims of Fleming's tinct. of aconite three 
times a day for nearly a week. The bowels were kept open by 
sloppy mashes and water-grass. After poulticing the foot for some 
time, the parts seemed sufficiently healthy for the shoe to be put 
on ; but in a few more days the animal became so much worse that 
the shoe had to be again taken off, and the poultice reapplied. The 
foot was afterwards dressed with carbolic oil, but I did not allow 
the shoe to be put on again until I was satisfied that no harm 
would be produced by it. During the treatment the animal was 
removed some distance from the farm steading, and only 
approached three times a day when the medicine had to be given. 
A sheep's skin was applied to the loins, twice during the treat- 
ment. She required close attention for three weeks, and when 
convalescent was kept in the same place for a considerable time 
for the sake of quietness. 
“ I don't believe in blistering the spine, nor in the exhibition of 
much purgative medicine. Nevertheless, there are cases recorded 
in which success is mainly attributed to the use of these means. 
Such may be the case ; but I believe that striking at the root of 
the matter is the principal thing to be attained, and that soothing 
treatment and supporting the strength of the animal at the same 
time are chiefly to be relied upon." 
In the discussion which followed — 
Mr. Robertson , Stonehaven, asked the meeting if they approved 
of slinging, and if so, at what stage of the disease, as in his 
practice he had had two tetanic patients which he thought were 
in a fair way of recovery, but which got down and never afterwards 
rose. 
The members in general approved of slinging. 
Mr. Robertson next remarked that he had always been most 
successful in those in which particular attention was paid to the 
bowels, keeping them in a lax state, and adhering strictly to 
quietness. He had tried different modes of treatment from time 
to time, which had been recommended by others, but with less 
success than the simple means he employed. Success, in his 
opinion, depended greatly on the mildness of the attack and the 
strength of the patient. In three cases of traumatic tetanus 
he had tried the remedies recommended by Mr. Horsburgh of 
Dalkeith, and lost them all, in from twelve to twenty hours. Mr. 
Robertson also related a peculiar case which occurred in a mare near 
