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effusion of blood, or of purulent matter is found to have taken 

 place in the cavities of the brain, or in some part near its sur- 

 face. 



Cure. — This complaint requires the most prompt and decisive 

 measures to be used for its cure. Blood must be taken in copi- 

 ous quantities from the jugular vein, or temporal artery. Not 

 less than three quarts should be taken from an ordinary ox or 

 cow ; and if the animal is very large, four may be taken ; and 

 should the symptoms not abate, the bleeding must be repeated a 

 few hours after. When the beast is very furious, it is often 

 dangerous to bleed in a very deliberate way ; but as his recovery 

 will almost entirely depend upon a sufficient loss of blood in the 

 earlier part of the disease, it will not be amiss to bleed him in 

 the manner described by Mr. Blaine, who plunged a lancet into 

 each jugular, and permitted the animal to bleed till he fainted, 

 by which means, though the disease was far advanced, he saved 

 the animal. After bleeding, a stimulent blister should be applied 

 to the top of the head, and the sides of the neck should be well 

 rubbed with a mixture of cantharides and oil of turpentine, and 

 other means used to produce external inflammation, for the pur- 

 pose of determining the blood from the head. In addition to 

 these means, costiveness should be carefully guarded against. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE WOMB. 



Causes. — This disease is very prevalent, and usually proceeds 

 either from the cow having been kept in too high a condition at 

 the period of calving, or from too much violence having been 

 used in the extraction of the calf. 



Symptoms. — This disease is usually indicated by a languid ap- 

 pearance, a quick pulse, loss of appetite, and gradual loss of her 

 milk. As the disorder advances, the bladder becomes affected, 

 and a fetid discharge from the parts frequently occurs. The 

 animal appears sometimes to be almost constantly straining, as 

 though endeavoring to void something; in those cases a. small 

 quantity of urine is frequently discharged ; at other times the 

 urine is detained so long as to render it necessary to relieve the 

 bladder by drawing it off. This may easily be effected, by intro- 

 ducing an instrument through the urethera into the bladder, or 

 by the finger, the passage being very short. When the disease 

 has proceeded thus far, the cow frequently becomes so weak as 

 to be incapable of standing. 



