GALL-STONES IN THE GALL-BLADDER OF A COW. 475 
its former suppleness — the animal is more lively — he gets up and 
lies down with great facility, and searches the manger which en- 
virons his home. The alvine dejections are very abundant — the 
portions of the false membranes more extensive and consistent, but 
always in an irregular form. The same drinks are administered, 
with the lavements. 
2 1th . — The excrementitious matters are less in quantity, less 
hard, and the portions of the false membranes less extensive. The 
excretion of urine is abundant — the pulse returns to its natural 
state — the external heat is maintained — and the animal desires 
something to eat. 
29th . — The patient is going on from better to better: the ex- 
pulsion of the false membranes has no longer taken place — the 
excrements are more abundant — and the appetite is decided. I 
prescribed a few handsful of hay, white water, and emollient lave- 
ments. 
Sept. 1 st . — T happened, being near, to visit the animal, and I 
found him in a state of complete convalescence. I still, however, 
prescribed the white water, lavements, and the usual rations of food. 
5th . — -The beast is returned to his former pasturage, and does well. 
Clinique Veterinaire. 
GALL-STONES FOUND IN THE POST-MORTEM 
EXAMINATION OF A COW. 
By Herr Yolk, V.S., Wernburg. 
On the 3d of September, 1843, I was sent for to examine a cow 
that, several days before, had been struck by another on the parts 
above the liver. I found the animal dull, sleepy, unwilling to 
move, and half stupefied; the mucous membranes of the nose, 
mouth, and eyes, were of a yellowish hue; the milk bitter, glutin- 
ous, and of a dirty yellow colour ; the dung bright yellow, and 
only half digested ; the appetite was gone, but the animal drank 
when any thing was offered to it : at intervals shivering fits came 
on, accompanied by giddiness and vertigo. The pulse was regular, 
and not too full. There was some considerable swelling of the in- 
jured parts in the neighbourhood of the liver. 
From these symptoms I concluded that there was liver-disease, 
with suppression of the secretion of bile, and ordered my treat- 
