ON THE PRESENT EPIDEMIC AMONG CATTLE. 687 
He bled and blistered her, and gave saline medicine. In forty- 
eight hours he again bled her. She gradually became worse 
every hour. 
I was now sent for. Of course I declined meeting the would- 
be vet. I was, however, urged to visit her, which I did alone. 
It was on March 25, 1843, that I first saw her. The extremi- 
ties, skin, and ears, were clayey cold — the head depressed — con- 
stant moaning — she would not look at any kind of food, and had 
very much lost flesh ; in fact, she was rapidly sinking. 
I immediately commenced the tonic treatment, with bandages 
to the legs, &c. She slowly recovered. She was* turned out on 
a piece of clover on the 2d of May, continuing at that time very 
poor, with a slight hooze upon her. She is now in good condi- 
tion, and expected to be again in calf. 
Case II. — May 16///. — A cow does not give so much milk as 
usual. She is very low in condition. She has not appeared in 
good health for the last twelve months. She hoozes — does not 
feed properly, and is rapidly losing what little flesh she had. I 
applied strong blisters, gave tonics, &c., but without any decided 
benefit. She died on the 26th. 
The other milch cows are very low in condition, and hooze occa- 
sionally. I inserted a seton into the dewlap of each. They are 
turned into the meadows in the day, but lie up at night. 
Case III. — June Oth. — A milk cow appears the same as the 
last. Separate her from the rest, bleed to four pints, and give the 
usual sedative medicine. On the following day she was much 
worse. Give the tonics twice a-day. 
Case IV. — July 2d. — A fourth cow is ill. She is placed 
with the one last named in a yard by themselves, and put under 
treatment. Day by day both continue to get gradually worse. 
In some days they ate a little green food ; but there was now no 
chance — .they must die. They lingered until the 30th of July, 
when both died. They had become mere skeletons during the 
last fortnight. 
Several others were attacked in the same way ; but after the 
third day they gradually recovered. They are now beginning to 
carry more flesh, and appear healthier. The pasture is getting 
better, and they are eating a little linseed cake ; but still they 
continue to hooze. They were setoned again and again. 
Case V. — Aug. 2d. — A bull eleven months old, hoozes slight- 
ly. He does not eat his cake as usual. He looks thin. He is in 
a separate stable from all the cows, and, being valuable, has had 
as much cake as he could eat. I bled him, blistered his sides, and 
gave sedative medicine three times in the day. 
5th. — He is much swollen about his head, and under his jaws: 
