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A CASE OF TETANUS. 
By Mr. H. Christian, F.S., Canterbury. 
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Sunday, May Stk , a brown filly, three parts bred, four years 
old, had been ridden about sixteen miles on the Thursday, and 
turned out at grass on Friday night; Saturday she was dull and 
heavy; she was ridden sixteen miles more, but could not by any 
means be urged out of a walk. On Sunday I was sent to her, and 
found her pulse 90 and full; respiration quick and very laborious; 
conjunctiva and nasal membrane highly inflamed; stiff neck, nose 
stretched out, ears and tail erect, and she was unable to move 
across the stable : the spasms more particularly affected the loins 
and hind extremities. I gave 3vi of aloes, and bled to 12fbs from 
the venae saphenae, which seemed to relieve her. 
9th. —Pulse the same; do not perceive any material alteration.. 
VS. 8ifes from the jugular, after which the violence of the 
spasm was very much abated. 
10 th. —Pulse and symptoms about the same. Ordered the fol¬ 
lowing ball to be given night and morning : powdered opium 3 iij; 
powdered digitalis 3j ; and Venice turpentine, 3iij. 
The mare being unable to void her urine, I drew it off by a cathe¬ 
ter about two gallons. Physic purges freely; and I continued the 
balls until Saturday. When she had had ten of them, I could per¬ 
ceive a decided change for the better, and she rapidly recovered: 
in about a month she went to work as well as ever. I should 
have stated, that I took particular care to keep her as warm as 
possible, and found it of considerable benefit. When the clothing 
was removed or the wind admitted, it invariably increased the 
spasm. 
ON THE TREATMENT OF HOOVE IN CATTLE. 
By Mr. Roberts, South Molton. 
To the Editors of “ The Veterinarian 
Gentlemen, 
The object of my sending you this letter is to seek informa¬ 
tion, how far the following operation is resorted to in cattle, and 
the usual result. I trust some of the scientific and experienced 
practitioners who are in the habit of sending so many highly in¬ 
structive communications to your useful periodical will oblige 
me by their opinions on it. 
Some of your readers will probably recollect, in a former letter 
