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REPORTS OP OASES. 
further improvement was visible; the respirations being 52, 
pulse 40, and temperature ioof°. The muscles of the jaws 
could be freely used in masticating. Improvement continued 
steadily until six days after when he was taken out of the 
slings and walked around the yard. Recovery is now com¬ 
plete and the horse is doing his regular work. 
ANTITOXIN IN TETANUS. 
By J. S. Lamkin, D.V.S., Yonkers, N. Y. 
I received a request to write a report of my recent case of 
tetanus, but I was unable to do so at the time, as the animal 
was still suffering from the effects of the last injection as 
hereinafter described, and as I wanted to see him again I 
delayed writing, in the hope of being able to see you in per¬ 
son, in time for the January Review, but could not do so. 
On October 28th I was called to see a bay horse suffering 
from tetanus. The symptoms were all well developed, head 
extended, breathing rapid, hind legs straddling, tail erect and 
quivering, and any quick movement or noise causing a spasm. 
He had been docked about six weeks previously, but the end 
of the tail had not healed, but was ulcerated and angry-look- 
ing. His jaws were not closely locked, and he would eat oats 
and bran and even a little hay if cut up and mixed with bran 
or meal. I advised antitoxin, or rather told the owner that 
it was, in my opinion, the only thing that offered any hope for 
the animal, and he said, “ go aheadso I procured four bot¬ 
tles of the liquid antitoxin and gave full doses every six 
hours for four doses, then procured more and gave half-doses, 
afterwards lengthening the interval between them to night and 
morning. After the fourth dose there was some little improve¬ 
ment and I gave an aloes ball without very much trouble, the 
jaws having relaxed considerably. After using eight bottles, 
I had to take some of the dry antitoxin, as the liquid agent 
was exhausted, and in connection with it my first and only 
complication arose. I diluted a whole dose, using distilled 
water in the sterilized bottles obtained with the antitoxin, 
and injected one-half of it, leaving the remainder for evening; 
