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2d Day. 
V. S. Libras x—Aloes 3viij; Digit. 3ij ; Camphorae 3iij. 
4th Day. 
V. S. Libras ix—Digitalis 3ifs ; Caraphorae 5iij. 
6th Day. 
V, S. Libras ix—Digitalis 5j* 
8th Day. 
V, S. Libras ix. 
9th Day. 
V. S. Libras ix—Digitalis 3ij. 
Here the medical treatment finished, except applying a blister 
to the lumbar region. The horse was turned to grass on the twen¬ 
tieth day. The quantity of blood abstracted was about the same 
as in the preceding case. 
At the expiration of two months, when all the tetanic symptoms 
had disappeared, he went like a horse (said in the groom’s lan¬ 
guage to be) rigged in the back ; and, probably, the pressure or 
injury done to the spinal marrow was the exciting cause of the 
tetanic affection. 
I consider tetanus to arise from an in'e^cular distribution of the 
nervous inffuence, which, I think, is exemplified by the well- 
known torpor of the bowels, and the extreme sensibility of the 
skin. There is likewise evident spasmodic contraction of the 
muscles of voluntary motion, which are only partially under the 
control of the will. This is clearly proved by the awkward gait 
of the animal when he attempts to move. 
The sedative effects of digitalis I have long proved in cases of 
. inffammation of the heart and lungs. Aloes are our first remedy 
as a corrector of the digestive organs; and venesection, in large 
and repeated quantities, must weaken that rigidity so evident in 
the muscular fibre, and possibly assist in diverting the irregailar 
distribution of the nervous influence to its uniform or usual 
channel: these impressions induced me to pursue the foregoing 
course of treatment. Should I be fortunate enough to suggest 
that which will occasionally alleviate the sufferings of so useful 
and noble an animal, under this dreadful malady, I shall be 
content, although mine may not prove an infallible remedy, 
which, indeed, I have not the folly to expect. 
The doses of aloes and digitalis may be thought very great. 
It should, however, be remembered, that in many diseases, espe- 
