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soup beverage, so ably commented upon by Professor Var- 
nell in your last number. 
The medicinal agents I have resorted to have been olea¬ 
ginous draughts, combined with turpentine, or the oil of 
juniper. In the early stage, and where gastro-enteritic 
symptoms are shown, I omit the turpentine, and give occa¬ 
sional doses of opium and frequent clysters. I have found 
great benefit as restoratives from the use of gentian, sul¬ 
phate of iron, and quinine. The Antim. Potass. Tart. I 
have also used with some success, in small, continued doses. 
In a back volume of the Veterinarian there is a very in¬ 
teresting case of worms in the abdomen, from the pen of 
Mr. Litt, of Shrewsbury, and I may be permitted to express 
a wish that that gentleman would occasionally continue to 
enlighten us on this and other subjects. 
It is not my desire to impress on the minds of any the 
idea that the majority of those puzzling lamenesses which 
are subject to translation are connected with worms, but I 
am persuaded that such as I have described do occasionally 
prove symptpmatic. 
TRAUMATIC TETANUS.—RECOVERY. 
By R. H. Dyer, M.R.C.V.S., Waterford. 
As many as six cases of tetanus have occurred within the 
last month or six weeks in this locality—one after castration, 
a second from a wound in the leg, a third also from a wound, 
a fourth from amputation of the tail, a fifth from a \vound in 
the leg, and the sixth from a wound on the cranium, 
I had an opportunity of seeing three of these cases, the 
first of which was a bay mare, with injury to the skull, num¬ 
bered above as the sixth case. She had been under treat¬ 
ment by a practitioner for about a fortnight, as the owner 
informed me, who, not having succeeded in combating the 
disease in a case then in hand, advised that the mare in 
question should be destroyed, it being a hopeless case. 
The owner, however, not wishing to lose so great a favorite 
as this animal was, applied to me for advice. On visiting 
the mare, she appeared to be in an almost hopeless state, but 
nevertheless I remarked, While there is life there is hope. 
I will do that which succeeded in a former case, by way of 
experiment in this.^^ With much difficulty the animal was 
