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INFLUENZA IN CATTLE. 
drachms of ginger, in warm gruel. I also blistered the throat 
and chest, and inserted a seton in the dewlap. 
7 th . — Much worse ; pulse 97 : the blister had not taken any 
effect ; the bowels were not acted upon ; the eyes more swollen ; 
the mouth exceedingly dry, and feverish ; the cough increased ; 
the breathing more laborious, and to a degree that it was painful 
to witness. Upon inquiry, I found that the cow had not at- 
tempted to lie down, and was standing in a straddling manner, 
with her fore legs extended, as if to give room for the expan- 
sion of the lungs, which by this time had become alarmingly dis- 
eased, and had destroyed all hope of recovery: still Mr. E. 
wished me to proceed with my treatment. I gave a draught as 
before, and horned with gruel every three hours, and threw up 
injections every two hours. The constipation of the bowels 
being so great, I applied a most powerful blister to the throat 
and sides ; and again dressed the seton, which had not yet begun 
to discharge. 
8th . — Much worse; pulse 105; and the cow supporting her- 
self against the wall of the shed. The bowels had been eva- 
cuated once during the night. I attempted to administer a little 
gruel, but she fell, and in three minutes expired. 
Post-mortem appearances three hours after death . — The mem- 
brane of the trachea were much inflamed, and a pint and a half of 
mucus, most offensive, and of a dark green colour, was contained 
in a vessel in which floated small portions of coagulated lymph. 
The bronchial tubes were very much inflamed : great inflamma- 
tion of the lungs, with numerous tubercles. In cutting into the 
right lobe, I found a large abscess, full of mucus of a dark 
greenish hue and most offensive ; numerous small tubercles 
were scattered over the pleura, both costal and diaphragmatic, and 
also w'ithin the duplicatures of the mediastinum. The leaves of 
the stomach were of a dark pinkish hue, and seemed much in- 
flamed, and the vessels greatly distended with blood. The con- 
tents of the first stomach were soft and digested ; the third 
stomach full of undigested food, and very brittle, so as to be 
broken by the slightest touch of the finger, and of a very dark 
colour ; the liver was slightly inflamed : the other contents of the 
abdomen exhibited very slight appearances of inflammation. 
