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ON DROPPING AFTER CALVING. 
I now left her to visit another patient, saying I would call 
again in the evening, ordering her to be well littered up and kept 
warm. About eight hours afterwards I saw her again, and re- 
maining in exactly the same position, not having, so far as we 
observed, moved in the least, nor had there been any evacuation 
from the bowels. I gave another dose of physic, but without 
the ol. croton., and left her for the night, not doubting that be- 
fore morning she would be dead : but, to my surprise, the owner 
sent to inform me on the next morning that she was in nearly the 
same state as when I left her, and that I had better visit her 
again. Accordingly I went, and found her as described, and 
quite as incapable of moving as before, except that she would 
sometimes stretch out her head and neck, at the same time lay- 
ing them flat upon the ground, moaning sadly. 
I now determined to try what effect stimulants would have, 
and prepared a draught composed of ginger, gentian, lyttae, car- 
bonate of ammonia, with spirit of nitrous aether, which I adminis- 
tered in warm ale. I also applied a strong stimulating liniment 
along the whole course of the spine, had her well clothed and 
bedded up, &c., and prepared another dose of medicine to be 
given eight hours afterwards, soon after which time I appointed 
to call again. 
On my next visit I was surprised to find that my patient could 
hold up her head. Her eye had gained a more lively appear- 
ance, closing when any thing passed near. The pulse was con- 
siderably improved ; her extremities warm ; and there was hope 
that she might yet weather the storm. 
I gave another dose of the medicine ; renewed the liniment 
to the spine ; clothed her up, and went to rest awhile. In the 
course of an hour we visited her again, when we found that she 
had considerably bettered her position, turned more on one side, 
and the countenance having yet more brightened. 
Being busily engaged at that time, I was obliged to leave 
rather sooner than I wished; but I had scarcely gone a mile ere 
the owner overtook me, saying the cow had got up and was feed- 
ing. He pressed me to go back, which I did, and found her in 
the state that he had described. She had also passed some faeces 
of a most offensive odour, and the colour of tar. I now laid bare 
my arm, having oiled it, &c., and drew from her a great quan- 
tity of the same tarry-looking faeces. This seemed to give her 
great relief. She also yielded a small quantity of milk. From 
this time her improvement and recovery were rapid, her milk 
gradually increased, and in a few days she was considered con- 
valescent. 
On the eighth day from the recovery of her last illness I was 
