ON THE HOOVE IN CATTLE. 733 
saline cathartic, combined with a vegetable carminative, and left 
her for the night. 
October 22. — She is a little better this morning, but does not 
ruminate. The secretion of milk is very small — the eyes are some- 
what brighter — the bowels are acted upon slightly. Repeat the 
medicine ; give a little warm water, with a small quantity of sloppy 
bran mash, but no hay. There is still an escape of gas through 
the canula at intervals. 
October 23. — Much better to-day in every respect — the eyes 
look bright and healthy — the appetite is good, and the secretion 
of milk increasing. She voids great quantities of sloppy fseces, 
which have a sadly foetid smell. The rumen is reduced to its 
natural size. Take out the canula, and give a carminative drink, 
to which add creta prep. 5j ; feed with bran mash and a little 
good hay. Give some exercise in the field, and let her drink 
oatmeal and water. 
October 24. — Quite recovered — ruminates freely — looks lively 
— the coat lies smooth — the appetite good — the fseces are na- 
tural — the milk is given freely, and she looks quite well. Cease 
to administer medicine. Give her usual food, but take care in 
future not to overload her stomach with too great a quantity of 
potatoes and meal. Discharged cured. 
In regard to the second disease, viz. mephitic indigestion, I 
will merely remark that the symptoms, in their first stage, are 
generally similar to hoove, but may be distinguished from it by 
moving the canula round in the paunch when punctured for the 
escape of gas, of which, in this case only, a small portion of gas 
escapes if the rumen is punctured. 
The disease does not come on so suddenly as hoove. The ca- 
nula, when inserted into the paunch, suddenly becomes stopped up 
by the undigested food collected in it. 
As an illustration of this disease, I will relate the following 
cases : — 
A few months ago I was desired to attend a cow belonging to 
Mr. T. Jackson, of the Wallness Farm, near Manchester. I 
went immediately, and found that she was about seven months 
gone in calf, and had been in a diseased state for several days, 
during which time her appetite had been tolerable, but in every 
other respect the symptoms had been what is generally seen in 
hoove or blown. The owner told me that, when the cow appeared 
to be ill, he did not consider it at first a serious case ; he, however, 
administered, during three successive days, a favourite drench, pur- 
chased from a celebrated cowleech, to which he gives the name of 
swelling drinks, but which gave my patient no relief, the paunch 
being more and more distended every day. 
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