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A CASE OF IDIOPATHIC TETANUS. 
“ Murray having paid the full value of her as a sound beast, 
I conceive that he has been deceived ; and, therefore, as the mare 
had the disease long before she was in Murray’s possession, and, 
in my opinion, no person is entitled under any circumstances , to 
sell a glandered horse, I do hereby declare that the said James 
Kinnaird, and his mother, who was a party to the bargain, shall 
immediately return to William Murray the sum of £5..5s., that 
being the price paid by Murray for the mare, and that each 
party shall pay his own law expenses. 
(Signed) “ A. W. Gardiner.” 
Melrose, 
6th Dec. 1841. 
A CASE OF IDIOPATHIC TETANUS. 
By Mr. A. S. Copeman, V.S., Walpole. 
As there are but few cases of this disease in cattle recorded 
in The Veterinarian, possibly the subjoined may not be un- 
interesting to some of its readers : — 
January 28 th, 1842 — Mr. Stophel, of this place, requested 
my attention to a year-old bull calf that was in rather low condi- 
tion. About ten days ago his bowels were constipated, and a 
cathartic was administered to him, which acted well; but still he 
was rather dull, and ate sparingly. Yesterday he was observed 
to be disinclined to move about the yard, and this was accom- 
panied by a peculiar unsteady motion of his legs and body 
generally ; but as he continued to feed, and Mr. S. attributed 
the stiffness to cold, no farther notice was taken of him, except 
giving him a bran mash with a little corn in it, until the next 
day, when I was requested to see him. 
Seven o'clock, a.m. — The symptoms were, pulse 96, rather 
full — respiration 8 — dry bronchial rale — nose elevated — hind legs 
wide apart — conjunctiva injected — extremities and body gene- 
rally warm — the muscles of the jaws slightly contracted — bowels 
torpid — the least noise increasing the pulse and respiration. 
Treatment. — I bled him until the pulse faltered, with other 
symptoms of approaching syncope, and this, after a short time, 
appeared to afford him much relief. I next gave him a cathartic 
by means of a hollow tube and bladder attached ; but this proved 
rather a difficult matter. 
Nine o'clock , a.m. — Soon after my first visit he suddenly fell : 
we, however, presently lifted him up again: but his body and 
extremities appeared quite inflexible, and he could not stand — the 
