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INTERESTING CASES OF STALING OF BLOOD. 
By Mr. C. Dickens, Kimbolton. 
I. — On Saturday last I was summoned by a friend to a young cow 
that had calved a fortnight before, and gone on well, but there was 
a staling of blood. He had given her some medicine of his own 
the day before. I had scarcely arrived when she urinated. The 
discharge was of a bloody character. The conjunctival and buccal 
membranes and bag were tinged of a deep yellow colour. The 
pupils much dilated — pulse 90 and tremulous — respiration tranquil 
■ — purging very much. 
Prognosis. — That the case will be fatal, and that the liver is the 
original or primary seat of evil. She died in the night. 
Post-mortem examination, twenty-four hours afterwards. — The 
head was not examined, it having been destroyed, so T cannot speak 
of the brain. The heart was much larger than usual, with an increased 
quantity of pericardiac fluid. The left auricle much ecchymosed. 
The lungs buoyant. The stomach and intestines healthy. The gall- 
bladder much distended, and the substance of the liver softened 
and seemingly much engorged with blood. 
IT. — On yesterday — Tuesday — I was summoned again in haste. 
Another cow that had calved a week, and gone on well until now, 
appears dull, and stales blood. I found her symptoms much the 
same as the last, except that the case was not so far advanced. The 
pulse 84 — the respiration tranquil — the pupils dilated — the mem- 
branes tinged, as also the milk — the urine quite bloody. Purges 
considerably, but although up to this time she had been remarkably 
docile, we could not approach her without a weapon to keep her off. 
I sent her mag. sulph. §vj, opii 3j, spt. nit. dulc. §j : after this 
she perspired profusely. 
I saw her again at night, and fancied her better. The pulse was 
now 80. Repeat the medicine in gruel. 
Wednesday. — She seems in some respects better. The urine is 
only slightly tinged. The bowels inclined to constipation. I was 
in the act of administering some medicine, when she threw back her 
head, and died immediately. 
Post-mortem examination immediately. — The dura mater 
has the appearance of thin yellow glove leather, except that 
there is a large black spot about the size of a shilling, and 
in which were contained at least 4 oz. of fluid. The heart not 
so large as in Case 1. The left auricle much ecchymosed, and con- 
tained at least a pint of pericardiac fluid — the lungs were buoyant 
. — the gall-bladder filled almost to bursting — the liver much the 
