ON THE HOOVE IN CATTLE. 
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poured a great quantity of strongly smelling and undigested mix- 
ture of grass, hay, and brewers’ grains. I then inserted my hand, 
and extracted by repeated handfuls the enormous quantity of seven 
good-sized stable baskets full of the above combined admixture of 
decomposing vegetable matter. I measured some of the pieces of 
hay which I got out of the rumen, and found them to be twel ve 
inches long. 
I then administered, through the orifice, a strong draught of car- 
minative medicine, dissolved in warm ale. I covered the opening 
with a large strong plaster of pitch ; ordered the patient to be kept 
warm, and to have plenty of warm ale-gruel every two hours until 
I saw her again. 
I went to see her about twelve hours afterwards, and found 
her a little better. Her eyes were brighter — the breathing was not 
so laborious — the pulse was stronger — the extremities were warmer, 
and, on the whole, she looked better. I ordered her a mild ca- 
thartic, combined with a tonic and carminative — to have a little 
more gruel and be well covered with a woollen cloth ; to have 
plenty of clean straw thrown upon her, and be left for the night. 
When I called the day after, I found her much better. She had 
eaten a warm bran mash and a mouthful or two of hay, and drunk 
her gruel very heartily. She looks very bright and lively ; the 
faeces are in considerable quantities, but rough and spongy, and 
smell very badly. The coat lies smoother; the pulse is more natural, 
the extremities are warm, and on the whole she is improving. 
Give her four table-spoonfuls of the following mixture night and 
morning, in a little warm ale : — 
Nit. pot. Jij 
Ferri sulph. Jis 
Pulv. rad. zingib. Jij 
Pulv. rad. gent. Jij 
Creta preparata Jvi 
Pulv. semen, lini lb.iss 
all ground finely together, and administered as above. Give the 
patient warm bran mashes and a little good hay ; keep the pitch 
plaster on her flank over the orifice ; and I will see her again in 
three days. 
I accordingly made my appearance in three days afterwards, and 
found the cow much better. Her appetite was good, she ruminated 
freely, the faeces were natural, the breathing also was natural, and 
she would eat any thing in the shape of food. 
I examined the orifice I had made in the flank ; it was begin- 
ning to heal, and looked healthy. I ordered the wound to be 
washed with salt and water, and, when dry, a good plaster to be 
