28 BULLETIN 767, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
No. 793, above mentioned, is the most interesting case. On 
April 9 she was brought in from the hard-land pasture, having had 
no chance to eat oak, and she was in fair condition. She was marked 
and turned into the trap pasture to graze and was watered at the 
house daily. From April 10 to April 25 she ate the oak freely, 
showing a preference for the buds and young leaves. During this 
time she ate very little besides oak. She was badly constipated all 
of the time so far as observed, defecating seldom, and the feces were 
small in quantity and in small, hard lumps. From April 11 to 14 
the attempt was made to get her to drink water containing a small 
quantity of epsom salt, but as she objected to it the attempt was 
abandoned and straight well water was given the same as to the 
others. 
The constipation grew worse during the oak feeding. On April 20 
the feces were very dry and dark in color; April 22 they were in 
very dry, hard lumps; April 24 they were in small, hard, ball-like 
lumps. On April 25 she came in for water by herself about noon. 
The abdomen was noticed to be drawn up. At 1.30 p. m. she was 
seen to defecate, passing only four very small balls, each about the 
size of a walnut. They were at least as hard and dry as a sheep's 
feces, and contained considerable gelatinous, tough mucus and some 
blood. She drank considerable water. When walking she moved 
slowly and had a tendency to drag her hind feet. She was somewhat 
humped up. She was turned back into the trap pasture but at 5.50 
p. m. was again found at the gate of the watering corral. At this 
time her nose was noticed to be dry, and there wa: some trembling 
of the lips and grating of the teeth. 
She seemed about the same the next morning, at which time her 
temperature was 98.8° F., pulse 60 and weak, the mucous membranes 
of the mouth and nostrils were pale, there was marked trembling of 
the muzzle, and her nose was somewhat parched. While being 
driven out to the pasture she passed six or seven very hard lumps of 
feces, each about the size of a big hickory nut, and these were covered 
with dry, gluelike mucus and some blood. While in the pasture 
she showed little inclination to eat anything. During the forenoon 
she acted as though trying to defecate, but without result until 
11.20, when she managed to pass about a quart of hard, lumpy, 
and dry feces which were bound together with stringy mucus and 
contained some blood. A hemoglobin test in the afternoon showed 
75 per cent, and the blood contained 5,280,000 red corpuscles per 
cubic millimeter. 
On April 27 and 28 her general condition remained the same, and 
she often acted as though thirsty. There was frequent grating of 
the teeth. In drinking she would stand about sipping a little water 
often. She was much depressed, and at times acted somewhat as if 
nauseated. 
