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W. H. LAWES, JR. 
previous lie had a nail in his off hind foot, which was pulled 
out and the horse went on to work without any difficulty. But, 
however, this was the cause (traumatism). Having the horse 
walked, stiffness was well marked, both in front and behind; 
the tail was slightly elevated and stiff; also the ears were very 
stiff. The membrana nictitans were withdrawn from their 
sockets, more so on the left than the right eye. Swallowing 
impaired, as he ate and drank very slowly ; respiration slightly 
accelerated, pulse and temperature normal. 
He remained in about this condition from the day I saw him 
until the eleventh day, when the spasms became very violent, 
lasting until the thirteenth day, when they began to subside. 
From this ou he steadily improved, making a good recovery in 
six weeks, and is now at his usual work. The jaws were not 
locked at any time during the attack, nor did I have any trouble 
with the bowels being constipated. I had the horse removed to 
a roomy box stall, where it was quiet and away from the rest 
of the horses. I then left orders to let no one go near him ex¬ 
cept the owner. I restricted his diet to easily digestible soft 
food, beans and boiled oats in a mash, and left a pail of water 
in the stall continually. With difficulty I gave him seven 
drachms of Barbadoes aloes in one pint of warm water (from 
which there was no action). I then decided to give him fluid 
extract of cannabis indica in drachm doses, three times a day, 
given with a syringe, and thirty-grain doses of potassium bro¬ 
mide in solution, given the same way. 
Through the kindness of Dr. Gall, I am able to describe 
briefly the treatment of hypodermic injections of antitoxine 
serum, which he has used with success. The antitoxine is in 
the form of a powder, and is put up in 25 c.c. bottles, each con¬ 
taining three grammes of dry concentrated serum. To prepare 
the serum for an injection the bottle must be filled with steril¬ 
ized water, recently boiled, and allowed to cool, then shake 
thoroughly until the contents are completely dissolved. It will 
be found convenient to hasten dissolution by stirring the mix¬ 
ture with a probe previously passed through the flame of an 
