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AN ACCOUNT OF THE TREATMENT OF SOME 
VALUABLE CATTLE. 
By Mr. J. Barlow, Oak, near Manchester. 
In writing on the present occasion, beside having the object in 
view of keeping alive a sincere feeling of respect for the uniform 
kindness I, with the other pupils, always received, there is a little 
matter or two whereupon I am desirous of some advice, and one 
case which I will shortly communicate, as serving to shew that 
my studies have not been quite in vain. 
It is this: — On the 11th of May 1842, I was sent for by 
John Holland, Esq., of Mobberley, to see a valuable cow which 
had for three weeks previously been under the care of a noted cow- 
leech, who gave her up as incurable, on account of what my in- 
formant called cancer in the throat. From his statement of the case, 
I immediately recognised the affection to be what is called dyers in 
Scotland, though before attending in Edinburgh I never saw a case. 
On seeing the animal she indeed presented a hopeless appear- 
ance. She was down, with the nose extended so as to breathe as 
freely as possible, which effort was accompanied by an exceed- 
ingly loud snore at each inspiration and expiration. The rumen 
was also much distended; but for a week the beast had only 
taken gruel, which was forced upon her. She rose with great 
difficulty, and the “ cancer” was indeed an enormous one, present- 
ing, on the near side, an enlargement equal in size to a child’s head, 
and causing considerable protuberance on the contrary side. From 
the pressure on the larynx, the pomum adami seemed ready to cut 
through what now felt only a thin fold of tense skin, where it is 
usually slack and soft. 
I told the owner that no chance of good was to be obtained, 
except in an attempt to remove the substance, which he agreed to ; 
and detecting a point or two of fluctuation, which I opened, I 
left the animal, intending to remove it on the following day, as it 
was now dark. 
About 1 0 A.M. on the 12th, I saw her again, somewhat relieved 
by the discharge in breathing. The rumen was still much dis- 
tended, and, not liking to cast her in that state, I punctured it, 
leaving during the operation a canula in the opening secured by 
tapes round the body. 
Having cast and secured her, I was afraid of suffocation ; but 
the owner said, “Never mind; she might as well die here as any 
where else so 1 at once commenced with an incision at the root 
of the ear, and carried it down to the inferior part of the parotid 
