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of the nature of tetanus was that their knowledge of the physiology 
of the nervous system was so limited. One thing appeared to him 
quite certain, namely, that the disease was not caused by in¬ 
flammation of the nerves ; at any rate, he had not been able to dis¬ 
cover such a cause. He had noticed that, of his fourteen cases, 
eleven were males. He should be glad to have the sense of the 
members present upon this point. He thought that some useful 
inferences might be drawn if it could be ascertained whether either 
sex was more liable than the other. He would gladly adopt Mr. 
Lawson’s mode of treatment, which was quite reasonable, considering 
the irritability of the nervous system which existed. They must 
find some means to abate or remove excitement. 
Mr. P. Taylor stated that Messrs. Wood and Watson had said 
that a man had a larger amount of nervous energy than was pos¬ 
sessed by any female. 
Mr. Haycock found that of the thirteen cases he had noticed, nine 
were males. 
Mr. Hunt said the larger proportion of his patients had been 
males. 
Mr. J. Simpson , Liverpool, in stating the result of his experience, 
mentioned three successful cases. To the first patient he gave 
aloes and croton seeds in a little gruel; the second—a chronic case 
—he treated in the same way; to the third he administered half 
a pint of linseed oil for two days. The last was the best case. 
Mr. P. Taylor remarked that a week or two ago Mr. Taylor, of 
Nottingham, informed him that the treatment he adopted was very 
successful. He put the animal in a quiet place, gave drachm doses 
of croton-seed in a mash, and also linseed oil. The result was that 
eight out of ten cases recovered. 
Mr. T. Leech , of Bakewell, had treated two cases. The first was 
a mare ; she fell in the box, and soon died. The second was a horse, 
a big black animal, that was unable to stand in the yard, but after 
taking a quart or two of ale he was removed to the box and put in 
slings. He recovered. The treatment consisted chiefly of the exhi¬ 
bition of aloes. 
Mr. Morgan, Liverpool, had met with several cases of the disease 
in Scotland ; they were chiefly of the traumatic class, and one was 
an idiopathic case. He had had the usual proportion of recoveries. 
He resorted to quietude, used belladonna, and sometimes also he had 
given as much as twelve drachms of aloes, which produced a decided 
effect. He thought that the bowels might be relieved without the 
aid of medicine, because he believed it was an attack upon the 
muscular portion of the intestines that produced the constipation. 
He had never tried hydrocyanic acid. In some cases he slung his 
patients, and in two or three of them had done so with great 
benefit. 
Mr. MacTaggart, of Halifax, had found that belladonna was 
insufficient of itself to effect a cure, excepting when the brain was 
affected. He frequently used nux vomica, and with considerable 
effect; also arnica and other medicines, 
