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TETANUS IN A MULE. 
in-Cljjef, passed through Bangalore to the Neilgherry Hills, 
and left his stud in charge of Captain Beresford, A.D.C. to 
General Beresford, commanding the division. I was hastily 
sent for by Captain Beresford to see one of the Commander-in- 
chief’s horses, which he stated in his note to be very ill with colic. 
On reaching the stable, in about twenty minutes afterwards, I 
found the horse at the point of death, indeed he died within 
five minutes of my arrival. He had been sent to a farrier in 
the neighbourhood to be shod ; and as something alarmed 
him while this was going on, he snatched his foot from the 
farrier, and ran back to the full length of his heel rope, by 
which means, being suddenly checked, he fell backwards with 
great violence. On rising, he showed such signs of violent 
pain that the farrier walked him home to his own stable 
(about two hundred yards) where he lay down immediately, 
exhibiting great pain. The fracture was very similar to the 
former, and the abdomen deluged in blood. 
TETANUS IN A MULE, SUCCESSFULLY TREATED 
BY CANNABIS INDICUS. 
By H. Lepper, M.R.C.V.S., Aylesbury. 
I am desirous of reporting, in your widely circulated and 
valuable Journal, a successful issue, in a case of tetanus oc- 
curring in a mule, from the exhibition of the cannabis indicus ; 
and the more particularly so, in consequence of its being anew 
therapeutic agent in the practice of veterinary medicine in 
this country, although we have heard of its remarkably good 
effects as an ansesthetic in India. I am also in hope that 
some of my professional brethren may be induced to give this 
agent a trial, with a view to our better understanding its 
medicinal effects. 
My patient was a female, six years old, the property of 
Mr. William Fisher of this town, and in excellent condi- 
tion. She was a very irritable animal, and above the ordinary 
size of those bred in this country. My attention was called 
tothe case on the 12th of February last, when I found all the 
symptoms present which are common in these formidable 
neuralgic affections. The ears were rigid and pointing for- 
wards ; the tail partially extended ; legs stiff, and affording an 
unsteady support in progression. The membrana nictitans was 
likewise forced over a large portion of each eyeball, more 
especially on our attempting to raise the head ; the 
