428 CASE OF INFLAMMATION OF THE INTESTINES. 
into the orbits; opinion, that of poisoning ; case dangerous; has 
been bled. Gave an opiate; cauterized the abdomen; then 
stimulated it with a strong liniment. Opiates repeated, with 
large quantities of starch gruel ; in the evening, ordered the ad- 
ministration of creta preparat. and catechu. 
May 18^A. — Considerably and surprisingly improved ; pulse 
not so quick or oppressed ; ears up and warm, also extremities 
and horns; nose dewy; eyes more natural; fecal evacuations 
less frequent and not so thin; eats a little; rumen slightly dis- 
tended with gas. Give ol. ricini and vegetable tonics. 
May 19 th. — Convalescent; milk returning; thighs excoriated 
from the effects of the acrid fsecal matter running down them on 
the 17th inst. Much excited, and uneasy; bellowing after the 
other cows; re-action having taken place in the sensorium and 
nervous system, which must have sustained a severe shock. 
Another cow of the same herd died on the 16th inst.; had 
been in the same pasture and tied up in the same stall with the 
one just mentioned. I hear she was ill fourteen hours; alarm- 
ingly blown ; in great pain, with laboured breathing, but did not 
purge. 
I made a post-mortem examination, and found a large 
quantity of half-masticated food in the rumen. The leaves of 
maniplus inflamed, and lining coat of the abomasum; the whole 
lining membrane of the intestines highly inflamed, especially 
the duodenum ; all contained liquid matter : this confirmed my 
opinion that both cases were that of poisoning. The cows had 
been turned out a few days in a pasture where colchicum grew; 
before the cows were taken ill all had disappeared. Part of the 
rumen, intestines and contents, were submitted to careful ana- 
lyzation, which however threw no light on the subject. 
ANOTHER CASE IN A COW OF INFLAMMATION OF 
THE FARDEL AND INTESTINES. 
By the same. 
June 25th. — ATTENDED on a cow by request at 7 o’clock, 
P.M. When the cowman went to fetch the cows in at 4 o’clock, 
P.M. to milk them, he observed one, the subject of our notice, 
lying under a tree and in great pain : there was nothing the 
matter with her in the morning, according to his statement. 
Symptoms . — Pulse quick, small, and oppressed ; ears, horns, 
nose, and legs, extremely cold ; no dew on the nose; eyes glassy 
