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pulse feeble, the muzzle dry, and the eyes sunken. I threw up 
injections, by means of Read’s enema syringe, and exhibited 
the usual aperients, combined with aromatics, repeatedly, 
but all failed to produce an action of the bowels. I was 
almost induced to give up the case as hopeless, when an in- 
telligent friend suggested the passing of the electric fluid 
through the brain and along the spinal column. Scarcely had 
the first charge, of a quart Levden-jar, been transmitted in 
that direction, by means of the discharger, than several inef- 
fectual attempts were made by the patient to regain the 
standing position : a wild stare succeeded to perfect coma ; 
gentle diaphoresis took place ; the pulse became greatly acce- 
lerated, and its volume increased ; and to my utter astonish- 
ment, after a second application of the same agent, an im- 
mense quantity of faecal matter was voided ; the bladder, also, 
was perfectly emptied, and the symptoms were evidently more 
favorable. The subsequent treatment consisted of febrifuge 
medicines, with diffusible stimulants, and vegetable tonics ; in 
three days (five from the commencement of the attack) the 
beast had regained the use of the extremities, and was pro- 
gressing favorably towards recovery. 
p.s. — At some future opportunity I shall call attention to 
the use of the trocar in this insidious and fatal malady. 
Yours truly. 
[This is the first time, so far as we are aware, that 
electricity has been employed as a remedial measure in this 
fatal disease, although a trial of it has often been suggested 
in the lecture-room.] 
ON CANNABIS INDICA. 
By F. Gr. C. Shaw, Student R.V.C. 
Dear Sirs, — I have observed with pleasure the successful 
treatment of tetanus with the cannabis indica , by Mr. Fulton, 
and I hope that the publication of his case will be the means 
of giving the drug a still further trial. Perhaps the following 
may not be out of place here, which fell under my notice 
when I was residing at Mussoorir, a sanitorium on the Hima- 
layaMountains. An old goat belonging to some native servants 
was attacked with paralysis, which deprived her of the use of 
one of her fore-limbs. A consultation was held among them 
