ON THE CHOKING OF CATTLE. 
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I bade the assistant to let go his hold, when I took the forceps in 
my hand, and applied them to the ear, and by the assistant gently 
pulling in the direction I pointed out, the nose was brought into 
my hand. I then directed him to keep his hold till I brought out 
my hand to take in a rope to put over the nose : this being done, 
I bade the assistant to gently push instead of pulling by the ear, 
when the nose was brought right into the passage ; afterwards I 
applied the forceps to the lower jaw, and drew it out until a rope 
could be applied over the head, when with much difficulty the 
calf was extracted, the cow having been twenty-one hours in la- 
bour. As soon as the cow had recovered herself a little, I with- 
drew four quarts of blood from her, gave her a dose of laxative 
and fever medicine, and smeared the vagina with emollient lini- 
ment. I also clothed her well, and directed that she should have 
a gruel diet, and left her until the morning of the 6th. Great 
irritation is now going on in the vagina and uterus, with frequent 
straining. I gave a dose of the medicine previously administered, 
and dressed the vagina with the liniment twice per day. A little 
appetite for food now appears, but I allowed only gruel. 
From the 7th to the 10th, the cow continued much the same, 
except that the appetite was returning. I ordered a little simple 
food. 
From the 10th to the I8th, the appetite increased. Gave a dose 
of medicine occasionally, and continued dressing the vagina until 
all the secretions were thrown off. 
18/A. — Discharged her, well, giving from eight to nine quarts of 
milk. 
ON THE CHOKING OF CATTLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION 
OF MEDICINE. 
By M. Cuming, M.R.C.V.S., Myres, by Banff. 
SIMPLE as the administration of medicine to cattle may appear, 
and often as it is done by the most ignorant with impunity, it yet 
requires an amount of tact to do it properly, and is sometimes pro- 
ductive of consequences, when done otherwise, which many who 
practise it little think of. It is true, accidents from this cause are 
from time to time known, or surmised , to have occurred ; some- 
times in the hands of the would-be doctor, sometimes in those of 
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