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This was continued for a fortnight, occasionally using the injec¬ 
tion, when I perceived that a decided change had taken place. 
The discharge had decreased, the ulcers exhibited a more healthy 
aspect, the submaxillary lymphatics lessened, and the appetite 
and condition materially improved. 
April —I gave of tincture of iodine 5 iiiss in combina¬ 
tion with the infusion of calumba, which was punctually admi¬ 
nistered three times a day until the 29th of April, when every 
unfavourable symptom had disappeared, and I might say that no 
abnormal appearance remained. The horse has been at work 
some time without the slightest symptom of a return of this 
formidable malady. 
As I have now two glandered horses under my care, I intend 
to institute a course of experiments, and ascertain the medicinal 
properties of this agent to its full extent; the result of which 
shall, with your permission, appear in The Veterinarian at 
some future period. 
THE SUCCESSFUL ADMINISTRATION OF HEMLOCK 
IN TETANUS. 
Bp the same. 
Sept. Sd, 1838.— Having occasion to examine some lame 
horses at grass, the property of Mr. Higgins, an extensive coach 
proprietor in Northampton, my attention was directed to a mare 
that appeared to have an unusual straddling gait. Upon inquiry, 
I found that she had been in this state three or four days, but 
could gain no further information than that she had been at work 
in a thrashing-machine, and was turned out while in a state of 
perspiration. 
She was removed to a stable with considerable difficulty. It 
was evident that she was labouring under tetanus. The jaws 
were fixed, the nostrils dilated, the membrana nictitans protruded, 
the muscles of the neck rigid, a great difficulty was experienced 
in turning round, and the least noise produced much nervous ir¬ 
ritation. The feces voided during the day were of a very hard 
consistence. 
I abstracted fourteen pounds of blood, and administered an 
enema containing tincture of opium. I gave two drachms of 
opium in solution, and twenty drops of croton oil, with a plen¬ 
tiful supply of gruel, orders being left that she should be kept 
quiet. 
5th .—The symptoms were much the same—the bowels not 
yet acted upon. Apply a blister along the whole extent of the 
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