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antiseptic treatment of the wounds, quietude and slings. He 
stated he was successful in a good recovery of thirteen of his 
patients out of the seventeen cases. 
Dr. H. McWhinnie cited a case which made good recovery 
by blistering and hot poultices applied to the spine and 
mastoid muscles. 
Dr. R. R.Bell said that although he did not have the affidavit 
for this he thought it could be shown to be true, that a horse 
suffering from a severe attack of tetanus while being taken 
from his owner’s stable to a veterinary hospital in an ambulance 
and while passing under the elevated railroad, became fright¬ 
ened and either jumped or fell out of the ambulance to the 
pavement and immediately got up and walked home “ cured 
by the shock.” 
Dr. L. Willyoung said he had good success by slinging his 
patient about three or four days and giving large doses of 
purgatives, followed by large and oft repeated doses of solid 
or fluid extract of cannibis indica. So far had not lost a case 
out of seven or eight cases he had treated. 
Dr. Wm. Somerville, Jr., thought that the best treatment 
was perfect quietude, allowing no one to disturb the patient, 
and giving no medicine except a brisk purgative to clean out 
the alimentary tract, allowing nature to do the rest. He had 
treated cases both with this form of treatment and with the 
many ways laid down in our text books, but had better success 
by leaving the animal to wonderful vis medicatrix natures. 
Prof. Law said that animals left alone would on the fourth 
or fifth day be found to be perspiring very much and would 
do so from twelve to twenty-four hours, when the spasms of 
the muscles would appear to be considerably relaxed and 
better, and thought that hot water baths would be beneficial. 
Dr. N. P. Hinkley related cases where he had tried the 
steam baths. In some, “ as in other treatments,” they recovered 
and in others they died. 
Several other gentlemen continued the discussion of Dr. 
Morris paper, which brought out several good bright ideas in 
the different cases and treatment of tetanus and it was quite 
late in the afternoon when the discussion closed. 
