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and was purging. Upon my arrival, I found she had an ex- 

 ceedingly anxious countenance; the ears and horns were 

 cold; the heart could be heard beating several yards off; the 

 pulse at the jaw was exceedingly weak, numbering in the 

 minute 74; the coat staring; the back arched; the skin 

 tinged yellow; the rumen and omasum full. She voided 

 frequently an immense quantity of liquid and coagulated 

 blood, mixed with feculent matter of a dark brown colour; 

 indications of vomiting showed themselves, and after several 

 attempts, she succeeded in ejecting from the mouth matter 

 similar to that passed per anum. 



" In such a case as this, it was but too evident that what 

 was to be done was to be done quickly; and having marked 

 out my course, I immediately proceeded to put it into effect, 

 which was first to throw several bucketfuls of cold water over 

 her, then to cover her up with horse-rugs, and give the fol- 

 lowing draught: 



fy 01 Lini, Ojss;. 



Pulv. Opii, 3ij ; 



Hydrargyri Chlorid., 3ss; 



Pulv. Zingiberis, 3ij ; 



01. Juniperi, 5iij. Misce. 

 This was followed in an hour and a half after, by 



Lini Oleum, Ojss, cum Terebinthinse Oleum, Jiv; 

 and small quantities of the latter were ordered to be adminis- 

 tered several times during the day. 



" At night I found her much better. A little dark, soft, 

 offensive dung was being passed occasionally. After this, 

 small doses of diffusible stimulants, combined with vegetable 

 tonics, and a strict attention to diet, brought about a state of 

 perfect convalescence in about nine days. This cow I had 

 treated some months before for pleuro-pneumonia epizootica." 

 In the second case " the ears, horns, pulse, &c., were in the 



