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With the assistance of a neighbor, I raised her, and with 

 considerable urging, induced her to walk slowly a short 

 distance. She scarcely bore any weight on the affected 

 limb, and when she moved it, it produced a slight crack- 

 ling noise, similar to that produced by wringing one's 

 fingers. She refused food, but took a little salt. There 

 were some sweat-drops on the end of the nose or muz- 

 zle. I am thus particular in describing the symptoms, 

 because I do n't know certainly what the disorder was. 

 Several farmers saw her, and said it was the black- 

 leg, and thought she would die. Others thought she 

 had been bitten by a rattle-snake ; and others again, that 

 the swelling was caused by the animal having been 

 hooked by another : but no wound was perceptible. 

 Well, we took a sharp knife, and cut a gash through the 

 skin from the knee-joint, upward, about six inches. Under 

 the skin there were numerous little bubbles of air. We 

 bathed the limb in strong brine, and thrust some salt into 

 the wound. Sometimes we bathed it with hot soap and 

 water. The cut discharged continually a thin yellowish 

 substance. She ate nothing for several days, except a 

 little salt, and appeared very dull. After a week or so, 

 however, she began to recover her appetite, eating a little 

 grass, and considerable dry earth, from a small patch 

 near by which had been lately ploughed. She continued 

 to improve slowly, and when nearly well, the leg began 

 to swell below the knee ; but this was slight in comparison 

 to the first attack, and finally disappeared of itself. The 

 animal soon improved in flesh, and grew finely through 

 the remainder of the summer. 



" Whether the treatment above described was of any 

 service is more than I know. But in the absence of better 

 information, I shall certainly pursue a like course under 

 similar circumstances." 



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