SCROTAL HERNIA. 
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25th. — Respiration very quiet ; pulse 95 ; breath very 
offensive, from congestion of the lungs ; is in no pain ; 
drinks gruel as before. The case is now hopeless. 
26th. — Pulse 100; dilation of nostrils; great secretion of 
saliva, which falls from* the mouth to the ground ; is very 
thin and emaciated ; breathing laborious ; ears and extremi- 
ties cold ; breath stinks unbearably ; during the night I hear 
she rolled about and sweated tremendously. Having no hope, 
I gave no medicines. 
‘27 th. — Dead. 
Post-mortem appearances . — Lungs congested, and in some 
places almost putrefied. Villous coat of stomach in some 
places separated from the muscular, and floating in the con- 
tents of the stomach ; and the villous coat generally inflamed, 
but particularly in patches ; marks of ulcers, filled up with 
new matter, very much thickened, showing the effects of 
repeated drugging. It was at first supposed that bean chaff 
had caused the disease ; that, however, proved erroneous, since, 
when the bowels were freely acted upon, no amendment took 
place ; besides, after death, the bowels w*ere found healthy. 
The stomach and its contents were analysed, but traces only 
of iron could be ascertained : the animal living so long, and 
purgatives and large quantities of gruel being given, removed 
the greater portion of the noxious matter out of the stomach, 
therefore analysation could not be satisfactory. 
P.S. I forwarded some cases of pleuro-pneumonia in cattle 
to the Veterinarian the beginning of last year. About the 
middle of summer several heifers on the same farm were 
attacked in an open field, all of which recovered. The worst 
were treated by me. My plan of proceeding was moderate 
bloodletting at the beginning ; the whole region of the 
thorax cauterized, and then blistered ; before burning, medi- 
cated tape setons were inserted. The medicaments were, 
first, laxatives ; then febrifuges ; subsequently tonics. The 
breathing was much embarrassed for a month ; after which, 
gradual amendment was perceptible, and in ten weeks there 
was perfect recovery. I attribute great good to the cautery. 
SCROTAL HERNIA. 
By Gr. M. Marshall, V.S. Vet. Establishment, Dungannon. 
Sir, — If ^ou think the following case of scrotal hernia 
worth inserting in ‘The Veterinarian,’ it is at your service. 
