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the examination after death exhibits the true cavity of the 

 abdomen, full of thin black and unhealthy blood, 



INFLAMED LIVER IN NEAT CATTLE. 



Store cattle and young stock, turned upon rich pastures, 

 are most subject to this disorder, though occasionally it 

 will attack milch cows, kept much within the shed of a 

 London dairy. It however always comes in the chronic 

 form, and usually combined with other diseases. The 

 animal seems dull, stupid, staggers, or falls about as it 

 walks ; while the secretion of a milch cow is discoloured, 

 and of a ropy consistence ; the visible membranes and skin 

 being markedly yellow. Give a mild purge if the bowels 

 are loose, and a strong one if the bowels are costive. Then 

 give a scruple of calomel, with twice its amount of opium, 

 each day. But be careful of salivation. When the gums 

 seem tender, give a purgative and tonics, with good food. 

 The following tonic will serve the purpose : — 



Iodide of potassium a scruple. 



Quassse one ounce. 



Ginger half an ounce. 



Oak bark one ounce. 



Grains of Paradise, in powder two drachms. 



Form into balls, with a sufficiency of treacle and linseed 

 meal, and give morning and night. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS IN THE HORSE. 



This, as a primary disease, is not a very common complaint 

 among horses ; but by its fatal tendency, it becomes an 

 important subject. Small as these organs are, they are 

 very essential to life, and the quantity of blood passing 

 through them is very great ; therefore, we cannot wonder 

 at their aptitude to inflame, nor the great derangement 

 that inflammation occasions the machine. 



The causes are exposure to cold ; standing in the rain ; 

 water dripping on the loins we have known bring it on ; 

 a heavy awkward rider by his motions, or even the action 

 of the psoee muscles in great exertion, may bruise the 

 kidneys ; and occasionally it may be caused by metastasis 

 of inflammation. Mow-burnt hay, musty or even kiln- 

 dried oats, in common with other diuretic substances, which 

 under the name of staling or urine balls, are such favour- 



