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GASTRO-INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION IN A - 
COW. 
By J. Redwood, M.R.C.V.S., Dorchester. 
I have forwarded to you a jar containing portions of the 
abomasum of a cow that I have had slaughtered, seeing 
that further treatment was altogether useless. You will per- 
ceive a large gangrenous spot on the inner coat of the above 
viscus, which I consider was the cause of the symptoms pre- 
sented. I have also sent you portions of the ilium and jeju- 
num, which will afford you some idea of the intensity of the 
spasmodic action with which these intestines were affected. 
The whole of the small intestines presented the most marked 
spasmodic condition ; in fact, they were like so many muscular 
cylindrical cords, and impervious to any body larger than that 
of an ordinary-sized goose-quill. 
Now, all the diseased conditions are enumerated in the 
above brief description. Every other organ — except the liver, 
which had a little deposit of earthy matter in a few of its 
larger biliary tubes, a very common condition of the gland — 
both in the thorax and the' abdomen, presented the most 
healthy aspect. The animal was ill but thirty-six hours. 
The following were the symptoms observed and the treat- 
ment adopted : 
The patient was a dairy-cow, five years old, in excellent 
condition, living on straw alone for the last fourteen days, 
five months advanced in pregnancy, and never had been ill 
before, being bred on the farm. 
When I first visited her she evinced all the symptoms of 
hoven , and that to a great extent, so much so, that at one 
time I was about to introduce the trocar, for the purpose of 
affording relief, yet, knowing the animal could not have had 
access to succulent diet, 1 came to the conclusion that this 
was the effect of the chemical laws acting on vegetable 
matter, over which the stomachs had in some degree lost 
their vital influence. The poor animal was in great agony, 
shown by loud groaning, though rarely lying down ; eyes 
sunk in their orbits ; pulse quick and irritable, but not such 
as to indicate or warrant depletion. Occasionally a quan- 
tity of the fluid contents of the rumen were regurgitated 
through the nose and mouth ; almost, it would appear, invo- 
luntarily. She also, at intervals, voided a small quantity of 
commingled aqueous and mucous fluid per anum; although, as 
before remarked, from the moment she was observed to be ill, 
