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which appears to be very tender; the visible mucous mem- 
branes are injected, and on applying the ear to the chest, a 
particular wheezing sound is heard ; the abdomen is often dis- 
tended with gas, which is accompanied sometimes with 
diarrhoea, and the animal refuses all food. 
Treatment . — If no appearance of diarrhoea be present, which 
rarely happens at the commencement, I first open the bowels 
by giving Mag. Sulph. et Pulv. Zingib., taking care not to 
purge the animal. I then apply a Tinct. Cantharides to 
both sides of the thorax, for two or three mornings succes- 
sively, and after the bowels are opened, I give Ol. Tereb. once 
a day. If the patient refuse all food, I direct it to be 
drenched with linseed or oatmeal gruel, according to the 
state of the bowels, giving about two quarts three or four 
times a day, vary the diet, and offer it anything it will eat. 
I have had a great many live entirely upon gruel for three 
weeks, and afterwards recover. I cause the place to be well 
ventilated, and kept particularly clean in every respect, at 
the same time I endeavour to keep the animal warm and 
comfortable. Should the bowels become too much relaxed, 
I give Spt. H£th. Nit. cum Tinct. Opii. By adopting this 
mode of treatment, with care and attention, both of which 
are highly requisite, I have had a great many animals recover. 
I am, Gentlemen, 
Yours respectfully. 
ON SPAYING OF HEIFERS. 
By H. T. Copeman, Y.S. 
As the subject of spaying cows has attracted some little 
attention in this country, I have thought that the subjoined 
history of its effects would not be uninteresting. A part of 
this article has been sent by me to the New York Spirit of 
the Times . 
A friend of mine, Mr. N. Wilcox, of Winfield, a few miles 
from this city, having determined to give the spaying of 
cows a full and fair trial, in June, 1849, I selected fifty from 
his dairy of about one hundred milking cows. The ages of 
the animals varied between four and twelve years. They 
were all in apparent good health, in fair condition, and had 
dropped their calves during the antecedent two months. 
The operation was performed on the 7th and 8th of June. 
An aged cow, whose nervous system evidently received a 
