REPORTS OF OASES. 
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was wrong with the eyes as far hack as the 12th or 13th of Sep¬ 
tember, but as the mare ate well and did her work well, thought 
but little about it. The mare being placed in my care, I led her 
a short distance to my barn. I put her in a quiet box. Cleaned 
thoroughly the two wounds, and dressed with the solid extract of 
belladonna. Gave her a cathartic ball, as well as I was able with a 
stick,as the mouth was closed within three-eighths of an inch. Istim- 
ulated each side of the spine with strong ammonia liniment, and 
applied a fresh sheep skin to the back, and covered it with a light 
sheet. Gave an enema of warm water and soap, and in the eve¬ 
ning passed into her mouth a ball composed of soap and seed of 
Canabis indicus - - 3 ii- 
Solid Ext. Belladonna- 3i. 
and gave by the hypodermic syringe one dram of a solution of 
atropine, four grains to the ounce. I steadily gave the ball as 
above three times a day. The bowels responded mildly to the 
cathartic, and the mare lived till between one and two o’clock 
Saturday morning, the 27th, when she died. I also tried the ac¬ 
tion of tinct. mix vomica on the tongue, and from my friend 
Mink’s suggestion, the fluid ext. of conia maculatum. This ex¬ 
tract I gave in half ounce doses three times a day, per rectum. I 
gave considerable gruel the same way, besides which she sucked 
gruel and white water, but would not take milk. She was placed in 
slings the third day after coming to my stable. She ate some ha}-, 
boiled oats, carrots and green corn-stalks, but in small quantities. 
I saw no relaxation of symptoms from the time she came to my 
barn excepting once. Two days before she died, the lips became 
pliable, so that the animal could use them for a short time, and 
the eyes were less covered by the membrana nictitans. 
At page 47 of the Veterinarian for 1855, Mr. James Turner, 
M.Il.C.V.S, London, reported two cases of symptomatic tetanus 
that occurred in his practice. The first case, a racing mare of re¬ 
pute, “ the Maid of Kildare,” in kicking at a passing cab en¬ 
tangled her hind leg in the wheel and injured it badly. The case 
terminated by death the 13th day after the accident. A post mor¬ 
tem examination revealed this state of facts ; Finding nothing 
