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A CASE OF TETANUS. 
turns his toes outwards, and having his knees approximating to 
each other. No one can doubt that he must be very liable to 
splints on the inside of the leg. 
It will be remarked by a careful observer, looking at an animal 
thus formed, and comparing the head of the radius with that of 
the foot, that the line formed is that of a curve, the convex 
side being on the inside of the leg, while the concave is on the 
outside. This simple definition will, I am sure, convince the 
reader, that the inner part of the carpus is relieved from a weight 
which is increased on the outer part. 
Anaflfection intimately connected with the carpus is that vul¬ 
garly called weak or bent on his fore legs,’’ which is, that the 
animal tries always to keep the knees in a partially flexed posi¬ 
tion. The cause of this, as far as I am aware, has never been satis¬ 
factorily explained ; and I am myself in doubt, but shall merely 
state what I have seen. The parts I have found diseased are 
the oblique surfaces which have been ulcerated, attended with 
exostosis, and that most particularly in the superior articulation. 
It is no wonder that an animal, under these circumstances, 
should keep the knees in a flexed position; and it may be also 
perceived, that it will be no easy task to cure such a malady. 
CASES. 
TETANUS, ANU INFLUENZA CONNECTED WITH PLEURITIC 
AFFECTION. 
Bp Mr. W. You ATT. 
Tetanus. 
JimeSthy\^2tZ .—A bay horse, eight years old, that had been 
shod at my forge three days before, was brought, being lame in 
the near fore foot. On examining the foot, an old stub was 
found, which the smith had carelessly overlooked, and close 
upon which he had driven a new nail. There was no wound; 
but there was the pressure of the two nails on the sensible 
laminse. The stub was extracted ; the shoe put on again ; the 
bearing taken from the part ,* no nail driven there; and the 
lameness disappeared. 
15^^.—I was requested to see this horse, which was said to 
stand very straddling, to be very tender about the loins, and to 
have great difficulty in staling. I found this all true, but it was 
only a part, and a little part, of the truth : the protrusion of the 
head, and a general stiffness, so great, that the horse could 
