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in 1874, when wounds of every part of the body, of every kind, 
degree, and extent, from a slight cut or saddle-gall to the most 
serious surgical operation, was followed by this disease. Even the 
physiological process of shedding the milk teeth, as well the sim¬ 
ple bruising from the whip-lash, have been attended with this im¬ 
portant sequel. During the season above referred to many people 
died from this disease induced by such trivial causes as the ex¬ 
traction of a tooth, cupping, or the paring of a corn, and D. 
Outerbridge related a case to me in which a negro was so fright¬ 
ened from lacerating his thumb with a broken china dish, that he 
was immediately seized with convulsions and died from tetanic 
spasms in fifteen minutes time. Our climate there seems to exer¬ 
cise considerable influence in the production of this disease, and 
that it should do so, may be understood when it is known that 
during a period of twenty-four hours, we frequently have several 
of the most marked changes of temperature and weather. In 
some instances exposure to cold and dampness is followed in a few 
hours time by acute tetanic symptoms, and lambs have been seen 
so rigid from the spasms that their bodies could be raised and held 
horizontically by simply grasping them by the feet. 
Regarding the treatment of this disease in Bermuda, Dr. 
Theodore Outerbridge, resident Veterinary Surgeon, has been 
most successful in using belladonna in full doses. Purgatives 
are required in very large doses, while belladonna applied in 
plasters over the entire length of the vertebral column is believed 
to be attended with favorable results. 
Among the negro children of the West Indies one form 
of this disease is known as the “ nine-day-sickness ” or “ jaw-fall,” 
from the fact that usually on the ninth day the muscles heretofore 
affected with trismus relax and allow the lower jaw to drop upon 
the chest. In Jamaica about fifty per cent, of the negro children 
die from this disease. 
ONTARIO VETERINARY COLLEGE MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
The first weekly meeting for the season of 1879-’80, of the 
above Society, was held in the lecture-room of the College on 
