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patient’s teeth were set ; he was very excitable ; naturally he is 
a very nervous horse. The masseter muscles were rigid ; pulse- 
rate 65. I administered a dose of antitetanic serum. Septem¬ 
ber 1 I found my patient worse. There was complete rigidity 
of the whole muscular system and the tail was elevated. There 
was also a profuse secretion of saliva which was discharged from 
the mouth. The pulse-rate was 74. I gave the animal a dose 
of antitetanic serum both in the morning and evening. From 
September 2 to September 8 he grew gradually worse, and was 
terribly drawn in the flanks. He would rest heavily with the 
back parts against the stall, until it became necessary to use a 
pad to keep him from injuring himself. The pulse rate gradu¬ 
ally rose to no. The treatment consisted in the continued 
daily administration of two doses of antitetanic serum. Sep¬ 
tember 28 I found the patient was not quite so nervous, but still 
grating the teeth a little ; his pulse was 100. I gave the usual 
doses of antitetanic serum. The animal continued to improve, 
although the severe grating of the teeth did not cease; the 
pulse-rate became lower, until on September 14 I deemed it 
prudent to stop using the antitetanic serum and discharged the 
horse as cured, but the most emaciated patient I ever attended. 
I would say that this horse had been kept in an underground 
barn, in a box-stall under a driveway over which hacks, ’busses, 
express wagons, etc., were going in and out of the barn. This 
made the conditions much worse, as the noise kept the horse 
excited and nervous most of the time he was under treatment. 
In conclusion, I would state that during sixteen years’ ex¬ 
perience in practice, if I was able to save 4 per cent, of horses 
suffering from this diseaee I considered I was doing well. Now, 
however, with antitetanic serum as a weapon, I think I can cure 
95 per cent, at any rate. Therefore I heartily recommend to 
my fellow-practitioners the use of Parke, Davis & Co.’s antite¬ 
tanic serum in all cases of tetanus. 
HAIR-BALLS IN CALF’S STOMACH—HOW DID THEY GET THERE ? 
By E. W. Brumter, V. S., Alliance, Ohio. 
A short time ago Mr. Filly (a farmer) sold a calf to the 
butcher, which was killed and delivered the next day. The 
contents of the abdominal cavity were thrown out for the chick¬ 
ens. About a week after the calf was killed Mr. Filly in pass¬ 
ing the place where the intestines were thrown noticed what he 
took to be balls of hair, and wondering where the balls of hair 
came from started an investigation, and decided they came 
