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CASES. 
and inserted the tube ; after a short time the breathing be- 
came quite tranquil, and she drank a bucketful of gruel ; con- 
tinue the same treatment. 
loth. — Breathing tranquil; drinks a quantity of gruel; 
by raking and clystering, dung is brought away ; she looks 
better to an ordinary observer, and the owner has a good * 
opinion of her, but the spasms continue about the same. I 
passed an ounce bottle full of Chloroform up the rectum, as 
far as I could reach, and emptied it, leaving the same 
quantity to be passed up the rectum in the same manner in 
the'evening, which treatment I continued, together with the 
Belladonna, tobacco enema, and warm water ; until the 21st, 
when I saw it was no use to continue treatment any longer. 
1 used from 2 to 4 oz. of Chloroform per day ; for several days. 
The only effect produced by the Chloroform was great excite- 
ment, at first so much so that I thought she would have fallen 
on having the first dose administered ; subsequent doses did 
not produce the same effect ; I saw no relaxation of the 
spasms from its administration, although 1 used as much as 
2 oz. at a time, which I repeated twice per day. She was 
killed on the 22d. 
Case IV. 
May 27th, 1850. — I was called to see a cart colt a month 
old, with all the symptoms of tetanus fully developed with- 
out any apparent cause : he was not able to suck his dam. 
I ordered 5 j of the Extract of Belladonna to be put into 
his mouth twice per day; he was a very awkward customer to 
dose, but with patience it was done, and in the course of two 
or three days he began to try to suck ; by the 7th of June, 
he was sufficiently recovered to be turned out with the dam 
without further treatment. 
Case V. 
February 12th, 1850. — I was called to attend a cow: I 
found her feeding slowly ; the pulse but little affected ; the 
bowels rather constipated ; the muscles of the neck rigid ; 
the symptoms altogether indicating tetanus. 
Treatment . — Gave a saline purgative, which she took very 
well. 
13th. — Saw her in the morning, medicine had not operated, 
she appears worse ; gave more aperient medicine. In the 
evening, she appeared better, bowels acting from the effect of 
the medicine; gave her Extract of Belladonna and Nitric 
Ether. 
