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CASES, 
By Thos. D. Broad, M.R.C.V.S., Broad Street, Bath. 
Case I. — Tetanus. 
On the 23d of April, 1853, I was requested to go about a 
mile out of town to see a well-bred unbroken fdiree -year- old 
colt, said to be nearly suffocated. He had been observed to 
move his head and neck rather stiffly the day before, but was 
supposed to be breeding the strangles ; consequently, there 
w T as not much notice taken of it. On examination, I found 
it had tetanus in the most acute form, the jaws being com- 
pletely locked; I then made inquiries as to whether the 
colt had been in any way injured ; also examined for that 
purpose myself, but could not find that it had. The colt 
had been running all the winter with a yearling colt in a 
very hilly and exposed situation ; although there was a shed 
in it, wherein they had been fed daily with hay, and were in 
very good condition. The owner and his friends thought it 
referable to the extreme cold weather we had for a few days 
about that time. I told them there were several cases reported 
in the c Veterinarian ,’ supposed to have arisen from that cause, 
but I had never seen such a case ; in fact, we have the direct 
evidence of the researchers in the Arctic regions that extreme 
cold produces a state very much resembling intoxication, 
which state I consider the very reverse to tetanic. The colt 
was brought to my infirmary. I tried the effects of Extract 
of Belladonna and Chloroform, but with no good result, as 
he died on the 26th. During the time he was in my infir- 
mary, I observed a symptom of cringing of the loins, which 
led me to think it possible he may have received some injury 
of that part. 
Before stating the result of the post-mortem examination, 
it may be well to inform you, that, in October 1852, this coit 
was thrown for castration by an ordinary castrator; one 
testicle was removed, the other taken hold of, but was re- 
tracted with such force that it was not possible to get hold 
of it again ; neither was there any appearance of it in the 
scrotum afterwards : the colt then began to lose condition, 
and continued to do so for two or three months, but sub- 
sequently regained his condition. 
Post-mortem . — All the internal structure appeared healthy, 
with the exception of the remains of the missing testicle, 
which was hanging loosely in the abdomen by the side of 
