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house of Montmartre, has observed it three times in 300 
oxen, and those then affected came from the marshy plains 
of La Rochelle. In the plains of Ferrara and Maremme of 
Tuscany the spina ventosa is very frequent ; how many per 
cent, of the oxen become affected we cannot tell. 
One word on the nomenclature of this disease. I have 
adhered to Anacker’s title, spina ventosa, for the sake of 
convenience ; others have described the disease as osteo- 
sarcoma, a term no less devoid of meaning, and equally mis- 
applied to very various affections.) 
“ On the Vitulary Fever (Dropping after 
Calving) in our Domestic Quadrupeds, and espe- 
cially in the Cow.” — Pavese considers this disease as 
primarily consisting in an altered condition of the animal 
fluids, especially of the blood, produced by the absorption of 
residual portions of foetal envelopes or fluids from the uterus, 
and which have therefore undergone decomposition ; the 
vital powers are thus depressed by the effects of the vitiated 
blood on the nervous system, hence the adynamic symptoms 
and death. The method of treatment he adopts is as fol- 
lows : — 
Secalis Corn. Pulv., 5iij ; 
Corticis Peruv. Pulv., 5viss ; 
Extracti Juniper i, q. s. M. 
Having thoroughly incorporated the powdered substances 
with the extract, just enough of which is used for the pur- 
pose, he dissolves the whole in about a quart of an infusion 
of tanacetum or chamomile. This is administered imme- 
diately, and is repeated every twelve hours, prolonging the 
intervals, however, as the animals recover, and he completes 
the cure with the use of the infusion of tanacetum.* 
From the beginning, Pavese makes use of lotions, fumi- 
gations, purging clysters, and infusions of the marsh-mallow 
per vaginam. He deprecates bloodletting. The Peruvian 
bark is used as an aromatic and tonic, and the ergot of rye 
to check the absorption of the putrid matters by the blood- 
vessels of the uterus, which is said to constitute the essential 
feature of the disease. — Giorn. Vet., Turin , Dec., 1854. 
“Vitulary Fever in the Cow.” — Kohne, in a 
memoir on this all- important disease, views it as a paralysis 
of the ganglionic system of nerves, which, in its further pro- 
gress, involves the spinal cord and brain. The paralysis of 
* The tanacetum vulgare , or taiisy, is a fragrant wav-side plant, possess- 
ing aromatic and anthelmintic properties. It ijs nearly allied to the 
chamomile, and is a good substitute for it. 
