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CASE OF HYDROPS UTERI IN A COW. 
contained about three quarts of a pale clear fluid. The serous 
membrane covering the inner surface of the pericardium and the 
external surface of the heart was covered in every part, about five- 
eighths of an inch thick, with coagulated lymph of firm texture, 
the surface of which was smooth and of a beautiful rich golden 
yellow. The part of the sternum to which the pericardium gives 
attachment was the seat of an abscess, containing about a pint of 
white matter. The covering of the abscess was thick and carti- 
laginous. The heart was of its natural size, but pale and soft ; its 
inner surface was healthy. The brain, with the remaining textures 
of the body, presented no form of disease. 
Sir, most respectfully your’s, &c. 
6th October, 1847. 
CASE OF HYDROPS UTERI IN A COW, OPERATED ON. 
By Mr. CARTWRIGHT, M.R.C.V.S., Whitchurch , , Salop. 
On the 21st September, 1846, I was sent for to see a cow five 
or six years old (insured in the Agriculturist Cattle Insurance 
Company), belonging to John Vernon, Esq., of Tushingham, which 
was supposed to be dropsical, as she had been getting much larger 
in the body recently than naturally she ought to do. Is in calf, 
having been bulled on the 4th May last ; consequently her time 
would not be expired for calving until the latter end of February. 
On looking at her abdomen, it is clearly seen that it is con- 
siderably larger than it ought to be, especially so on the right side, 
on pressing which great regurgitation takes place. The calf can 
scarcely be felt. In consequence of the owner thinking there is but 
little the matter with her (but the cow-man is of a contrary opinion), 
she is to be left alone for the present, although I believe she is 
dropsical. I was informed that she had been fighting a few days 
ago, which may have brought on or increased the disease. 
23 d . — Still increasing in size. Ordered diuretics to be ad- 
ministered daily. 
Oct. 3d . — I was again sent for, as she had increased much in 
size, and they were afraid of turning her out and meeting with an 
accident. 
Symptoms . — Abdomen very large, especially at the sides and 
lower part ; looks tolerably well ; her appetite is good and she 
chews the cud. I passed my hand up the vagina. The os uteri is 
