SECRETARY'S REPORT. 11 



No. 1. — Pulsations per minute, 48 ; 



.( 2. " " " 50; 



ii 3_ u »< i< 52; 



" 4. " " " SO; 



August 5th. — The respirations of No. 4 were 

 " Gth. " " " 



No material alteration could be detected until August 9th, when, it 

 being excessively hot and sultry, all the cows breathed quicker. 



August 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th. — Respirations from 18 to 24 per 

 minute, excepting in No. 4, which were 30 and 3G per minute. 



August 19th. — Forty-two days from exposure, a cooing sound was 

 heard in the right lung of No. 1. 



August 20th and 21st. — The respirations were 24 per minute. 



August 2 2d. — The respirations were 40 per minute ; pidse 60, hard 

 and full. The animal does not laminate, and the secretion of milk is 

 nearly suspended. 



August 23d. — Respirations 38, accompanied with a moan ; pulse 80 

 and small ; appetite partly gone. 



August 24th. — Respirations 33, and easier. 



August 25th. — Respiixitions 38, and easier ; and percussion gives a 

 flat sound on the right side, near the elbow. 



August 2Gth. — Respiration and circulation slower ; has considerable 

 cough. 



August 27th. — Ck)mmenced ruminating ; coughs ; the appetite from 

 this tiine improved, as also the secretion of milk ; she did not at any 

 time after her arrival at Newtonville give more than four quarts per 

 day, and in two weeks from this time there was no appreciable 

 diminution in quantity. 



August 27. — In No. 4, one-quarter of the mammary gland is" inflamed 

 and hard ; considerable fever exists, the pulse rumiing uj) to 60 ; the 

 respii-ations 52 per minute. 



September 3. — No. 4 has a cough, and is quite feeble. No. 2 has not 

 sliown any symptoms of lung disease ; she is old, and masticates hay 

 imperfectly, consequently some derangement of the digestive organs 

 exists. No. 3 : for a few days, the coat stared ; the eyes appeared dull ; 

 she moved about reluctantly. Auscultation and percussion give no sign 

 of lung disease, and, if any exists in Nos. 2, 3 and 4, it is remote from 

 the surface ; at least, I cannot detect it by the usual form of examina- 

 tion. 



There appeared to be more constitutional disturbance in the cow No. 

 4 than is usual in an attack of mammitis ; the quickened respiration, 

 cough, and great prostration, are prominent symptoms of pleiu-o-pncu- 

 monia. 



