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Mr. Goodwin thought there might be an hereditary predispo¬ 
sition to splent and spavin. He had traced roaring through four, 
generations. He thought groggy lameness hereditary: he saw 
an example of it in a horse three years old, and at grass. Grease 
was undoubtedly hereditary; and he mentioned several curious 
instances of hereditary mal-conformation in other animals. 
The debate now ceasing, and the hour of adjournment not 
having arrived, the chairman requested some gentleman to‘ give a 
case of practice. 
Mr. Youatt stated that, on the previous Sunday night, he 
saw a horse which, for four days, had laboured under tetanus. 
The jaws were perfectly closed. Four pounds of blood had been 
subtracted on that day. He immediately took sixteen pounds, 
and sent 3s of the farina of the croton nut. On the following 
morning there was a slight remission of the spasm. He bled 
again to the extent of eight pounds. The jaws then became a 
little apart. There was a copious defluxion of foetid saliva from 
the mouth; and he could perceive on the outer and lateral pari 
of the tongue a purplish-black swelling, extending from nearl) 
the tip to the franulum. He lanced it deeply on either side a* 
far as he could reach. 
The croton not having operated, twenty-five grains more wen 
given; and after that two drams of digitalis three times even 
day. The bleeding, to the extent of six pounds, and the scari 
fication, were repeated on Tuesday, and the bleeding again 01 
Wednesday. The horse was evidently amending. (At the ex 
piration of the third week he was perfectly well.) He inentione( 
this case to ascertain if any gentleman had witnessed this gloss 
anthrax as connected with tetanus. 
Mr. Henderson stated that he had frequently seen this dis 
charge of saliva. 
Mr. Goodwin remarked, that he had found this frequent an 
copious bleeding to aggravate tetanus. 
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