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the bearing is stopped ; the calf is neglected ; 

 the pulse becomes slower than before, and the 

 breathing more difficult; the udder is hard and 

 swelled, and little or no milk can be drawn from it ; 

 gradually becoming worse, the weakness in the hind- 

 legs increases, so they can no longer support her ; 

 she staggers and sways about, falling at length heav- 

 ily on the ground j she struggles, tries to rise again, 

 and may or may not succeed, but in either case 

 soon loses the power of rising, and lies helpless upon 

 the ground. In this stage of the complaint the 

 symptoms vary. In some cases we have the follow- 

 ing : the cow tosses her head from side to side, 

 writhes her body, and lashes her tail, struggles, 

 stretches out her hind-legs, moans and bellows and 

 seems to suffer great pain. The breathing is also 

 difficult and labored ; the skin covered with clammy 

 sweat ; the paunch enormously swollen from ac- 

 cumulated gas. Unless this swelling subsides, the 

 breathing becomes more difficult and labored ; the 

 pulse more rapid and oppressed, so as scarcely to 

 be counted; the legs very cold; pain is worse; 

 fetid gas rises from the stomach, and death ensues. 



In other cases the foregoing symptoms are ab- 

 sent, or exist only in a slight degree ; and we have 

 the following : The cow lies stretched out at full 

 length on her side, or her head is brought to the 

 opposite side, with the nose towards the shoulder, 

 and the chin on the ground ; or the head is twisted 

 directly backward, with the nose held out, and the 



