A CASE OF TETANUS. 
547 
scarcely make a walk of it, pretty plainly indicated, what the 
finger put into the mouth confirmed beyond all doubt, that the 
horse was tetanic. The pulse was 70 ; full and hard. 
1 ordered the jugular to be immediately opened, the orifice to 
be large, and blood to be abstracted, until the pulse evidently 
faltered. Sixteen pounds were taken away before this effect 
was produced : the jaw was now considerably relaxed, and 12 
drachms of aloes, divided into three balls, were given by means 
of a cane. 
In the evening the symptoms were more confirmed ; the ex¬ 
panded nostrils, the erect ears, the quivering tail, the fixed 
position, could not be mistaken. A pail of thin gruel was order¬ 
ed to be slung within his reach, and a wet mash put into his 
manger. He was already in a loose box, and double clothing was 
directed to be put upon him. 
\Qthf 8 A.M. —He has drunk about two quarts of the gruel. 
The physic works briskly. No alteration in the symptoms. 
5 p.M. —Still purging. Give pulv. opii 31 in a small ball. 
17^^.—The jaw is evidently a little relaxed. The horse has 
pulled a little hay from his rack, and imperfectly masticated it, 
but he could not swallow it. Give pulv. opii 3 i; pulv. antimoni- 
alis 5ii, morning, noon, and night. 
\Hth. —The purging has ceased ; the jaw is as rigid as ever * 
and the general symptoms are aggravated. R Pulv. opii 3 i ; 
pulv. aloe Barbadens. 3 !; pulv. antimonialis 3 ii; morning, noon, 
and night. Throw up threeor four times every day, and in large 
quantities, injections of thin gruel, in each of which half a pound 
of Epsom salts have been dissolved. 
\^th. —The tetanic symptoms still violent. The bowels had 
not been acted upon. Give morning, noon, and night, the fol¬ 
lowing ball:—pulv. opii 3 i j pulv. aloe Barbadens. 3 ii; and con¬ 
tinue the injections. 
20th. —Every symptom yet more aggravated, and the bowels 
not opened. Balls and injections as before. 
2\st. —Still worse ; bowels not opened. Medicine as before. , 
■.22d. —In the same state, and still constipated. Bleed until 
the pulse is affected ; and give one pound of linseed oil made 
into an emulsion with the yolk of an egg. This was tolerably 
easily effected, b}'- means of a pint bottle with an unusually long 
and small neck. 
Eve?nng .—In the same state ; the bowels not open. Repeat 
the oil, and continue the injections. 
2Sd. —The bowels are at length slightly opened. Repeat the 
oil, and give in it a drachm of powdered digitalis. 
24fh. —The bowels are freely opened, and the symptoms are 
