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posing the teeth, and a peculiar, bright red mucous membrane ; his eyes 
looked wild and drawn together, the ears passive, the neck and limbs 
seemed to be free from spasm, but the body appeared somewhat rigid, 
and the tail stuck straight out, and was in a constant tremble; he was 
bathed in perspiration, his breathing quick and loud, and a short hard 
cough troubled him every two or three minutes; he occasionally lifted 
the near hind leg and struck out against the wall, not viciously—indeed, 
none of his acts appeared vicious—but the result of intense pain and 
suffering. I pronounced the case Rabies, and advised his destruction, 
which was immediately carried out. No post-mortem examination was 
made. 
FRACTURE OF MALAR BONE—TETANUS—RECOVERY. 
By L. V. Plageman, M. R. C. V. S. L. 
' Brooklyn, Nov. 2, 1877. 
Having recently met with a remarkable case of tetanus, I thought 
I would furnish its history for the next number of the Veterinary 
REViEW. , 
The subject was an aged gray mare which got injured by a team of 
runaway horses attached to a coach, and no driver with them. She was 
standing in front of a butcher’s store, on the street, hitched to a wagon^ 
when the team of horses at top speed struck the mare with such force 
in her chest that she was thrown off her front feet. She then fell and 
broke one of the shafts. She was taken out and I was sent for. I was 
away from my office at the time, but saw her two or three hours later. 
I found her with a few contused and lacerated wounds about her chest 
and limbs, and a fracture of the malar bone on near side, which was very 
trifling, however. She had tetanus, and I had her sent to my infirmary, 
a distance of about four blocks. I had her placed in a dark stall, where 
she was kept perfectly quiet; had the wounds bathed with warm water 
and dressed with a little tincture of aloes ; gave her oziij chloral hydrate 
in half a pail of water, which she drank, and blanketed her. From that 
day to the time of her discharge I never gave any more medicine. She 
was discharged on the thirteenth day after the occurrence, and this is 
the twenty-first day. Yesterday she was put to light work for the first 
time, and is doing well, though a little stiffness still remains. Was 
tetanus produced by the shock ? 
[It seems to us doubtful that the attack of tetanus (?) be as sudden as 
recorded in this case, though we know of a circumstance in a mare, very 
high tempered, which had an attack of tetanus from merely nervous ex- 
