HYPOSULPHITE OF SODA IN TETANUS. 
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swollen to body, stopping abruptly in a large roll at the stifle, 
extending along the surface of abdomen, tension of epidermis 
very marked ; had not moved a peg and could not move. This 
tension continued several days, and disappeared by the pores of 
the skin, oozing as a gummy, watery substance. All over the 
superficial muscles could be seen pills from the size of a pea to 
that of the ball of your finger. Animal shed the entire coat, as 
in the former case, commencing at the anterior extremity. Hy¬ 
posulphite still continued, with slight intermission of one day 
or night, when she refused to partake of it ; same irritability 
was present as noted in all the cases treated (noticeable just be¬ 
fore exudation and exfoliation). Animal made a perfect recov¬ 
ery in four weeks, standing stock still for three weeks. Was 
informed by owner that she thrived better than she had ever 
done before, as she had been troubled with intestinal vermin 
nearly all her life, but was perfectly clear of them ever since 
her sickness. The patient took no medicine but hyposulphite 
(excepting one dose of bromide). 
I will not intrude any longer on your readers, unless re¬ 
quested by the editor to furnish particulars of other cases, but 
will close by stating that I have tried morphia, atropia, physos- 
tigma, hydrocyanic acid, venesection, and catharsis; have 
brought the barbaric sling into requisition, but my efforts have 
been a failure until I commenced the use of hyposulphite of 
soda. Nor have I failed where there were no sanitary^ precau¬ 
tions taken, for I have treated traumatic tetanus in old log sta¬ 
bles with clapboard roofs that had not been cleaned out or dis¬ 
infected for years, the poor animal standing in filth nearly to 
his fetlocks, with the rain dripping on him, with no one to ad¬ 
minister to his wants but the patient housewife (the husband 
being entirely disgusted and refusing to lend a helping hand). 
But with time and the aid of hyposulphite have been able to 
bring about a perfect recovery. All the cases I have lost have 
died in the first seven days, when the animal could not be in¬ 
duced to take enough medicine to have the desired effect on the 
blood, or by accident caused by the carelessness of the attendant. 
