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and, unable to accomplish this, he would seize the bucket, the 
corner of the manger, or the bars of his rack, and gnaw and shake 
them with fury. To this momentary access of nervous irritation a 
calm succeeded. From time to time different parts of his frame 
would seem to be strangely stimulated. There would be rigor 
and general shivering; then, convulsive movements of the eyes, 
grinding of the teeth, convulsions of particular limbs ; stamping 
of the feet; involuntary biting, sometimes at imaginary objects. 
To these, perhaps, would follow temporary but excessive labour 
in breathing ; contractions of the muscles of the belly, giving it 
a strangely tucked-up appearance; affections of the lumbar 
muscles bowing the back ; involuntary emission of urine ; 
violent tenesmus, &c. 
Neither of these horses expressed any dread of water, nor did 
their appetite altogether cease. The cephalic organs, the mu¬ 
cous membranes of the first passages, and the serous splanchnic 
membranes were the only parts that offered any trace of inflam¬ 
mation. 
Restraint seemed much to abridge the duration of the disease : 
it was only necessary to put on the hobbles, and to cast the 
horse, in order to destroy him in a few hours. 
Tetanus occurred in a dog, two horses, and two asses. In 
all of them the spasmodic tension of the muscles had reached 
to all the exterior parts of the body, and locked-jaw was per¬ 
fectly established before they were brought into the infirmary. 
The disease existed from two to three days—in one of them six 
days had passed since its commencement. The dog and one of 
the horses died—the other horse and the two asses were cured. 
AVe did not have recourse to bleeding, either general or local: 
all the treatment consisted in emollient anodyne fumigations 
the vessel being placed under the body, dry frictions, cover¬ 
ings of sheepskins, the administration of warm water sweet¬ 
ened w ith honey, and electuaries composed of honey and manna 
and small quantities of opium. We have given as much as a 
pound of honey in a day. The honeyed water was injected 
through the interdental space by means of a syringe with a 
curved canula ; the electuary was introduced into the mouth 
