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DIOPATHIC TETANUS. 
markedly tumefied. The milk is white, neutral, or of alkaline 
reaction when fresh, but becomes acid on exposure to the air. 
It resembles the milk of the adult female, a , in separation 
into cream and whey ; b, in chemical constitution ; c, in micro- 
scopic characters. It is, in point of fact, true milk ; the 
cause and mode of its production is an interesting physio- 
logical theme, upon which we shall have a few considerations 
to submit to the thoughtful, so soon as they shall have been 
somewhat more matured in our own storehouse.] 
CASE OF IDIOPATHIC TETANUS. 
By R. Metherell, M.R.C.V.S., Spalding. 
To the Editor of 6 The Veterinarian? 
Gentlemen, — Having promised you a communication for 
a previous number of The Veterinarian , and not having per- 
formed my promise, it is incumbent on me to inform you, that 
illness alone has prevented me. 1 have now much pleasure 
in making an attempt, but have a few leisure moments only 
for that purpose. 
I am no stranger to the high literary talents, the distin- 
guished reputation, and the unwearied zeal of the present 
conductors of our Journal, and in such hands, it must, I feel 
assured, prove of great value to our profession, and become a 
medium through which the experience of others will be 
transmitted, and thus the body at large become materially 
benefited. 
I herewith send you a brief sketch of a case of tetanus, and 
other cases shall follow for future numbers. With best wishes 
the success of The Veterinarian , 
I am yours, &c. 
The animal affected was a half-bred gelding, about eight 
years old, in good condition, and belonged to a fellmonger, 
whose premises seem to me to be (if my “ olfactories 5 ’ do not 
lead me wrong) always enveloped in a gaseous miasma, dele- 
terious to the health of all living animals. 
When called in, the usual symptoms presented themselves ; 
namely, extreme rigidity of the muscles of the body, the ears 
and tail erect, protrusion of the membrana nictitans, the 
jaws closed within an inch, tremors, and power to move 
almost altogether lost. 
