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the same. He is in a loose box, which is kept dark ; his 
syce only attends him, and no one else is allowed to go near 
him. 
12th. — Physic setting; food and water always kept near 
him. 
13th. — Gave four drachms of cannabis indicus in leaf, 
mixed with the horse’s food, twice a day. This stupefied 
him, and acted as a strong narcotic. Continued daily this 
dose for a week, and could see but little alteration. 
20th. — Gave three drachms of the leaf in his food twice 
a day for a week ; during which the horse became better. 
28th. — Gave two drachms twice a day, as before ; animal 
still improving, and he eats and drinks well. 
May 8th. — Gave one drachm in his food daily, for a 
fortnight; and on the 23d of May, the horse was perfectly 
well. Walking exercise allowed twice a day* mornings and 
evenings. I kept him in the hospital until the rains set in, and 
he was discharged on the 23d of June in good condition, 
since which he has done his work regularly and to my 
satisfaction. 
CASE OF TETANUS. 
By R. H. Dyer, M.R.C.V.S., Waterford. 
On the 14th of August last, a brown gelding was ope- 
rated on for a large node situated immediately under the 
knee on the left leg. The operation was that of subcuta- 
neous periosteotomy. All apparently progressed favorably 
for some ten days after, when my patient was attacked with 
distemper. It was so severe that the cough attending it 
seemed to produce most distressing pain of the abdomen. 
The poor horse would cringe when in the act of coughing, 
and the sound produced by the cough was very deep and 
sonorous. Occasionally, I stood for some seconds watching 
the poor beast in his sufferings, and could not help re- 
marking the peculiarity of the cough, as well as the parti- 
cular expression of the countenance. All the cases of 
distemper at this period had a similar cough. Its peculiarity 
could not be mistaken for that of ordinary distress. 
In the course of a few days, the symptoms of distemper 
passed away under my treatment. On the twenty-second 
day after the node was cut down upon, it was perceived that 
symptoms of trismus were present. The animal’s morning 
