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lancholy aspect. I would not accuse either of the gentlemen of 
abusing the confidence reposed in them by the members of the 
Veterinary Medical Association, or of using the positions which 
they occupy to impose upon the public; but, if they are Editors, 
I ask them how they became so, or what are their qualifications 1 
1 remain, Gentlemen, 
Your obedient servant, 
Edw. Mayhew. 
16, Spring- street, Westbourne-terrace, 
Nov. 12th, 1846. 
A CASE OF TRAUMATIC TETANUS IN THE HORSE 
SUCCESSFULLY TREATED. 
By R. HARVEY, Assistant to Mr. Statham , V.S., Derby. 
The patient was a half-bred Arab ; and, for his advanced age 
(which was upwards of twenty), possessed great courage, nervous 
ness, and sensibility. 
The disease in this instance was brought on by a lesion of the 
knee, which the owner had endeavoured to heal by stimulating 
applications ; thus producing great inflammation, and an unhealthy 
discharge from the wound. 
Oct. Ylth. — Mr. Statham was first called in, when he found the 
animal sipping his bran mash — his jaws being only slightly move- 
able — ears erect — tail straight out — the muscles of the whole body 
particularly hard and rigid — little or no deviation in his pulse from 
the natural standard ; his eyes presented a ghastly appearance, 
from the membrana nictitans protruding over the greater part of the 
cornea. Our infirmary not being far off, he was with a little dif- 
ficulty removed thither, and placed in a capacious loose box, where 
we bled him to the amount of about six quarts, administered an 
aloetic purgative, clystered, freely cauterized the wound, and 
blistered throughout the whole course of the spine. 
18£A. — The tetanic symptoms had not increased ; in fact, the 
patient appeared much the same as on the preceding evening. 
Threw up laxative enemas, afterwards allowing him to remain as 
quiet as possible. In the course of the day, he ate a bran mash and 
drank some gruel. 
19 th . — Bowels were not yet relaxed, and the muscles retained 
their hardness ; yet he has a desire for food. Give him gtt. xx of 
ol. croton, tiglii, with some solution of aloes. 
