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19th. — Much better ; bowels moderately open ; appetite much 
improved ; breathing quite tranquil ; cough nearly gone ; seton 
discharging well. I ordered the cow to he kept quiet ; bran 
mash and gruel four times a-day, with green meat and potatoes 
cut small. Give three drachms of aloes, one ditto ginger, three 
ditto nitrous ether in a quart of warm gruel. 
20th. — Doing well; discontinue medicine; dress seton, and 
turn out the cow a little in the day, when fine. 
CASES II and III. 
April 3d. — I was sent for again by Mr. E., who informed me 
that the black cow was quite well, but that two other cows 
appeared to be ill, and he feared that it would spread through 
his dairy, as the cows did not look so healthy as usual. I went 
and saw these two cows. There was great inflammation of the 
throat, swelling of the eyelids, inflammation of the membrane 
of the nostrils, debility, acceleration of pulse, &c. 
I immediately bled each of them to the amount of four quarts, 
and administered the following draught: — five drachms of aloes, 
one drachm of emetic tart., two drachms of ginger and nitre. 
I also applied a blister to the throat, and gave warm bran 
mashes ; and ordered them to be horned with gruel every three 
hours. Injections also were administered. 
4th. — Much better ; the blister has risen very well : the pulse 
is 46 ; the breathing not so laborious ; the extremities mode- 
rately warm ; the bowels acted upon. Draught as before, with 
the addition of two drachms of spirit of nitrous ether. 
6th. — All symptoms of disease have disappeared. I ordered 
them to be turned out for three or four hours in the day, and 
linseed and bran mashes to be given to them morning and 
evening. 
Mr. E. and myself now made a regular examination of the 
remainder of his cows, twenty-one in number. Three of them 
were decidedly diseased. The others were all bled, and an ape- 
rient draught administered to each of them, as a preventive. 
The illness of only one of the three other cows is worth re- 
porting. It was a black cow, six years old. The symptoms 
were as follows : — Eyes quite closed, and alarmingly swelled, 
and overflowing with tears; great inflammation of the pharynx 
and Jarynx ; a discharge from the nose of lymph, pus, and 
mucus, of a greenish hue, and very offensive ; drooping of the 
head ; short cough ; bowels much confined ; extremities cold ; 
pulse 82 beats in a minute. I determined to take five quarts of 
blood, and to give five drachms of aloes, one drachm of emetic 
tartar, one drachm of digitalis, two drachms of nitre, and two 
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