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foaling. The animal had been fourteen days ill with tetanus, and 
had not, during the whole of this time, taken any solid food. He 
(Mr. Robertson) was examining her for the purpose of ascertaining 
if the foal was still alive, as he had instructions to save the foal 
if possible, it being the offspring of a celebrated horse, when, 
partly by the excitement caused by the examination, and partly by 
a slight accident which occurred, the animal became alarmed and 
escaped out of the box; and, strange to say, that the next day there 
was a decided improvement in the symptoms. The improvement 
continued ; she foaled soon after, and her recovery was rapid. 
Mr. Keith , Stricken, recommended the use of belladonna in- 
ternally, and also its external application along the course of the 
spine, and leaving the patient a good deal to nature. He was 
doubtful whether treatment of any kind was of much use, as he 
had succeeded as well without medicine as with it. He had tried 
chloroform, but was of opinion that it only relieved the spasms 
for a time. He related an instance of treating a mare with 
chloroform, in which the animal became apparently so conscious 
of the momentary relief obtained by the drug, that when he 
opened the door of the loose box she would meet him, as if asking 
to have more given her. 
Mr. Stewart, Rothiemay, recommended purgatives and stimu- 
lants, such as whiskey or brandy. He also considered that quiet- 
ness was very important. 
Mr. Barron , Cullerlie, was in favour of blisters, and also of 
administering chloroform to relax the spasms. He would first 
give a cathartic, and then employ soothing remedies. 
Mr. Cassie, Newmachar, said that he could not make a boast 
of his success in treating the disease ; he had ever found it a 
most formidable one to contend with, and, indeed, if it develope 
itself rapidly and severely, all treatment, as far as his experience 
went, was useless. In different instances he had tried Indian 
hemp, belladonna, aconite, and a host of other remedies of a 
similar description, but never with good results. 
The very administration of medicine in cases of tetanus often 
aggravates the intensity of the disease, instead of producing the 
opposite effect. In mild attacks, in which the patient can always 
manage to take a little food, and will take medicine without much 
inconvenience, cures now and then are effected, more especially if 
strictest quietness be insisted on. Everything done about a 
tetanic patient should be in the gentlest manner possible. 
Mr. Niel Barron , Turriff, related an interesting case that came 
under his notice two years ago, which occurred in a mare about 
ten years old. The disease was caused by the cord of a sale- 
ticket having been too tightly fastened round the tail. 
The patient was placed in a quiet and dark loose- box, and soft 
