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selves, and colicy pains indicate abdominal disorder. The 

 urine voided is high coiored and red, and there may also be 

 blood in the faeces. The back becomes arched, and the 

 animal fixes itself, hanging on to any thing by which it may 

 be tied in the stall, or pressing back into a corner of the sta- 

 ble or shed in which it may be. The pulse is quick and 

 hard, then feeble and small ; the breathing is accelerated and 

 short, 'the animal soon drops, and is seized with^ convulsive 

 twitchings. In addition to the discharge of faeces and urine 

 tinged with blood, there is a red, frothy liquid which escapes 

 from the nostrils ; the animal bellows and moans, and soon dies. 



BRONCHOCELE. 



Bronchocele is a disease known in common parlance as 

 swelling in the throats of cattle. When it occurs among mem- 

 bers of the human family, it is denominated goitre ; yet, it is 

 my opinion that bronchocele occurring among cattle, and goitre 

 in man, are very different affections. For example : Broncho- 

 cele occurring in cattle is curable^ and, so far as I have been 

 able to ascertain, is confined to the thyroid glands, although in 

 a protracted state of the malady the surrounding tissues may 

 become so involved as to render the case incurable. Goitre^ 

 as I understand it, is a diffuse tumor occupying the anterior 

 part of the neck, occurring principally among the inhabitants 

 of the Alps, and considered incurable. Medicine and ex- 

 ternal applications seem to have little if any effect on it, and its 

 removal by operation is generally fatal. The following cases 

 are offered in support of my argument as to curability : — 



A couple of cows, the property of Mr. Humphrey, of 

 Brookline, Mass., were observed to be the subjects of an en- 

 largement in the thyroid region, which gradually increased up 

 to the size of a man's fist. At this period, I was requested to 

 see them. The animals were natives ; their ages seven and 

 eight ; in fair condition, and yielding the usual quantity of 

 milk. The only fault the owner had to complain of, was, that 



