504 THE EDINBURGH VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
A smart dose of saline purgative medicine combined with a large 
quantity of aromatic ingredient was administered, the head was 
kept wet with cold water, and clothing was applied to the body ; 
the udder was ordered to be fomented and drawn frequently, 
and linseed gruel, sweetened with treacle and containing a small 
quantity of nitre, was directed to be given every five hours. No 
observable amendment was evident for two days, when, after 
purgation had ceased, there was some mitigation of the symptoms. 
The pulse, however, continued extremely weak, and although the 
cow seemed much more lively and had ceased to moan when down, 
there was great debility existing. Under the administration of 
vegetable and mineral tonics the appetite gradually improved, and 
the animal is now well. The secretion of milk continued limited, 
and the induration of the udder remained for nearly three weeks after 
the commencement of the disease. 
The case of Tetanus, which terminated fatally, occurred in a fine 
black draught horse, the property of a contractor for the street 
cleaning. The disease came on without being traceable to any 
wound, exposure to weather, or other apparent cause, and was first 
perceived in the evening of J uly 10. The owner bled the horse 
copiously, gave him ten drachms of aloes, and clothed him in fresh 
sheepskins, as soon as the nature of the disease was evident. As 
the animal was insured, the agent of the insurance office, on the day 
after these remedies had been employed, requested us to see the 
horse ; and as he then appeared doing as favourably as could be 
expected, and from what had been previously given, no other 
medicine was administered, and directions were left how to manage 
the case until the following day. The owner, however, who is fond 
of treating his own cases, bled the horse again, which, with the- 
exhausting effects of the disease, induced such prostration of strength 
that he died on the 12th. Copious blood-letting frequently proves 
highly injurious in tetanus. The ultimate recovery from this 
affection mainly depends on the constitutional resources of the 
animal being able to outlive and re-act upon the original cause of 
the disease, which, though sometimes evident, cannot on other 
occasions be detected. Although an inflammatory condition, as in 
the brain, spinal cord, and lungs, is often found after death, and 
may have hastened a fatal termination, still this appears to be an 
effect of the malady rather than an evidence of its intrinsic nature. 
The case of Roaring, although brought here, was not subjected to 
treatment. Many instances of this disease come under notice in 
examining horses for soundness, but they are not reported as 
separate cases. The case of Broken Wind is still under treatment : 
great mitigation of the symptoms has taken place; its future 
progress will be noticed next month. 
