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Now in regard to the symptoms and lesions described in the 
article referred to—profuse salivation, twitchings of the muscles 
of the neck, low temperature, intense abdominal pain, congestion 
of the lungs aud bronchial tubes. The symptoms and lesions 
which the Doctor has so well described point to a case of idio¬ 
pathic tetanus, rather than to a case of strychnia poisoning. The 
absence of the protrusion of the membrana nictitans , also the 
elevation of the tail, are especially noticed. These symptoms are 
not always present in a case of tetanus—a patient now in the 
hospital does not show either—but by careful observation, a 
peculiar clicking sound can be heard when a motion is made 
towards the animal’s head, showing that there is partial dis¬ 
placement of the membrane ; the tail is carried naturally, but the 
rigidity of the muscles, dilatation of the nostrils, and other symp¬ 
toms consequent upon tetanus, are well marked. 
I have written this, Mr. Editor, not with the intention of 
proving the diagnosis made erroneous, but with the hope that, if 
I myself am in error, others may avoid making the same mis¬ 
take. I am, sir, yours respectfully, 
Rob’t H. Harrison, D.V.S., 
Nov. 10, ’81. House Surgeon , A. V. II. 
OBITUARY. 
THOMAS C. CO WHEY, D.VS. 
The Alumni Association of the American Veterinary College 
has once more to lament the death of one of her young members. 
Dr. Thomas C. Cowhey, after a lingering illness, died on the 26th 
of October, at the age of twenty-one years and a few months. 
Young, and loving his profession. Dr. C. would, no doubt, have 
made his mark in the special line of medicine which he had 
embraced. He had won his diploma, which was delivered to him 
only in March last, by honorable diligence and hard study. At 
the time of his graduation, he received the gold medal granted by 
the Board of Trustees of the College for the best general examin¬ 
ation, and he subsequently served with credit as House Surgeon 
to the Hospital Department of his Alma Mater, during which 
time he had already shown symptoms of the disease which has 
taken him away from a large circle of friends. 
