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TWO CASES OF TETANUS SUCCESSFULLY 
. TREATED. 
Bi/ Mr. E. Saunders, of Wolverhampton. 
Case I.- 
MARCH 30, 1819, I was requested to attend a chesnut colt, 
four years old, that had been taken up to be broken, the property 
' of Mr. Bamford Bradely, near Bilstone, Staffordshire. I was 
immediately convinced that it was Tetanus, from the following 
symptoms: Jaw completely closed, saliva flowing from the 
mouth; rigidity of the principal muscles of the body, pulse slow 
and iiTegular, and tail elevated. Previous to my being called in, 
he had bepn mider the hands of a farrier for a short time, who, 
when the jaws became set, recommended that he should be de¬ 
stroyed. 
Treatment. 
1st Bay. • ^ 
V. S. Libras x—Cape Aloes 3vfs ; Digitalis 3ij; Camphoraj 3iij ; 
Sp. Rectif. 3ij ; Aq. ad —Fiat Haustus. 
2d Day. 
V. S, Libras x—Aloes 3x; Digitalis 3ij ; Camphorae 3iij. 
3d Day. 
• V. S. Libras ix. 
Considerable stupor was now observed. Not so much agitated 
when moved, the cutaneous neiwes having lost a portion of their 
sensibility. Sudden noises had very little effect on the general 
frame. 
I combined camphor with the other medicines for the three or 
four first days, because I fancied that its stimulus on the tongue 
and fauces caused the animal to make greater efforts to swallow. 
I know not the precise action of camphor on the horse, except that 
it is evidently a stimulant. In the human being it is an anti- 
spasmodic and diaphoretic. If it has a similar effect on the 
horse, it must be a useful auxiliary in the treatment of tetanus. 
4th Day. 
Camphorae 3iij; Digital. 3ifs. ‘ 
The medicine operates briskly on the bowels. The muscles of 
the jaw are not so rigid; and the horse can eat a little hay. 
Three cold mashes ordered daily. 
