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TETANUS JOINED WITH 
stimulant to the loins, which gave way considerably on pres- 
sure. 
The next day he appeared no better. Febrifuge medicine 
and injections were continued, and afresh sheepskin was thrown 
on the loins, which produced excessive perspiration: no amend- 
ment, however, was perceptible, and the appetite was totally 
gone. He was drenched with gruel, but with great difficulty, 
owing to the weakness in the loins. 
Similar treatment was continued for six days, when, as the 
horse got worse, he was shot. 
Sectio cadaveris. — On opening the spinal canal at the lumbar 
region, a considerable deposition of blood was found on the 
cord, particularly on its under surface, extending for the space 
of three inches at and just previous to the enlargement of the 
spinal marrow, where the nerves of the hind extremity are given 
off. The membranes of the cord w r ere much inflamed ; a 
considerable effusion of serum was found in the pericardium, 
and there was much inflammation of the lungs. This I ex- 
pected, because, several days antecedent to the horse’s death, the 
respiration was much accelerated. Was this effusion of serum 
the effects of sympathy, or the result of an independent dis- 
ease ? 
A CASE OF TETANUS JOINED WITH CATARRHAL 
FEVER. 
By Mr. J. Stork y, Pickering. 
Feb. 14 th. — Mr. Humble, of Wrellon Carr, in this neighbour- 
hood, had a young horse docked, but the actual cautery was not 
applied. On the 24th I was sent for to see him, and found 
symptoms of tetanus of the w ? orst description, accompanied by 
catarrhal fever. The nostrils were distended; the ears erect; 
the jaws unnaturally fixed, and nearly closed ; the back and 
loins stiff and unbending; the muscles of the belly affected with 
spasms, and the belly itself very much contracted ; the tail erect 
and quivering ; and the legs stiff and immoveable as so many 
wooden props: in fine, almost all the violent symptoms had be- 
come manifest in this case before I was called in, the owner 
having observed many of them for tw r o or three days, but 
thought they proceeded from cold , and toould go off again. 
I abstracted four quarts of blood ; gave an aperient, with the as- 
sistance of a curved stick, and ordered gruel to be slung within 
his reach, of which he drank a little. Pulse 92, and thready. 
