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recovery to the time which was thus allowed for the perfect diges- 
tion of the sponge. 
[We thank Mr. Rickwood for this interesting case. We believe 
it to stand alone in the history of veterinary practice. — Y.] 
CASES OF TETANUS IN THE HORSE, PUERPERAL 
FEVER IN CATTLE, AND RED WATER IN SHEEP. 
By Thomas Darby, Esq., Louth. 
I BEG leave to send you two cases of the successful treatment of 
tetanus in the horse. 
On the 4th of February last, a valuable black draught-mare was 
brought to my yard, the property of Mr. George Ware, of Marsh- 
Chapel. She had inflammation of the eyes. On looking round 
her I recognized evident symptoms of tetanus in an early stage; 
and, on inquiry, was convinced that it arose from a stub by which 
she had been wounded in the near fore-foot three weeks before. 
On my acquainting him with the state of the animal, he was at 
first, very unwilling to be at any expense in medical treatment, 
believing that locked jaw was always fatal. At length, however, 
he consented that I should undertake the case, but it was to be at 
his own stables, ten miles away. I blistered the spine and abdomen 
extensively, and advised him to abstract, as soon as he got home, 
at least eight quarts of blood ; I likewise gave him the following 
medicine to be administered after the bleeding, — three drachms 
each of powdered opium and camphor to be suspended in a pint of 
warm water, by means of half an ounce of linseed meal. 
5th . — I received a message from him, stating that the mare ap- 
peared “less feverish,” had dunged and staled freely, and could 
manage to suck up a very loose mash. I ordered the draught of 
the preceding day to be repeated. 
6th . — The owner came to me. He said that the mare was much 
better, that she did not straddle nearly so much with her hind legs, 
could turn better, and did not hide her eyes so much. The blisters 
were ordered to be repeated, and medicine sent as before. 
9th . — I received a message that the mare was comparatively well, 
except her back being sore from the blisters, and she was very 
stiff in her hind legs, and a good deal engorged in them. I sent 
three diuretics. 
1 6th . — -I heard that she was at work in the plough. 
