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interrupted by sighing, moaning, grinding of the teeth, and occa- 

 sionally by hiccup ; the tongue is dry and fuiTcd, and red around 

 its edges and at the tip ; the belly generally is swelled, more so 

 than in the distension of the rumen by food, but less so than in hoove, 

 and, as further distinguishing the case from both, it is exceedingly 

 tender ; there is frequently distressing tenesmus, and the urine is 

 voided with difficulty, and drop by drop. After death, the stomach 

 exhibits much inflammation of the lining membrane, but very seldom 

 any ulceration. 



The remedies would be bleeding, purgatives, mashes, and gruel. 



It is almost useless to dwell longer on this unsatisfactory portion 

 of the subject, except to warn the practitioner against being misled 

 by the peculiar softness of the inner lining membrane of the fourth 

 stomach of the ox. That which would be said to be diseased 

 condition, or softening, or even decomposition of the inner coat of 

 the stomach in other animals, is the natural state of the abomasum 

 in cattle. 



Homeopathic trs'itment. — The treatment should be commenced by 

 some doses of a^onitum, at short intervals, after which the true 

 specific is arsenicum, two doses of which are almost always sufficient. 

 Ocirho vegetahilis also at times renders great service. 



