ON WOOD-EVIL AND MOOR-ILL. 
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he had at a farm near Hartington, in Derbyshire, which had 
been affected some time by a disease frequent in that farm and 
others contiguous. On making further inquiry, I found that 
they were cases of what I call moor-ill. As I advised him to 
bring them to Endon, and the expense of a journey seemed an 
object, we parted for the time. Here I would remark, that vari- 
ous practitioners tried their skill on these cows some time. 
On the 21st of October, Mr. Bentley wished my attendance 
at Endon, saying that, with much ado, they had brought the 
cows there. 
CASE I. 
Bowels regular ; not any swelling to be seen. Pulse 45, The 
beast seems very stiff, scarcely able to rise when down ; there is 
a peculiar grunt, together with a crackling of the joints ; and she 
is a mere skeleton. 
CASE II. 
Pulse 41; no swelling whatever ; bowels regular ; stiff about 
her shoulders ; more confined to the fore extremities and thorax, 
than in the former case. Some degree of grunting and crackling 
of the joints. Not so reduced in condition as the former cow. 
CASE III. 
Pulse 47 ; bowels regular; and not any swelling to be found. 
I am informed that in this case the stiffness and lameness have 
removed from the fore extremities to the hinder ones, at the same 
time the grunting ceased. The beast is in fair condition. 
I understood that the cows had been a short time at Endon ; 
and Mr. B. told me they had a very good appetite previously to 
and since the attack of this disease, and never were constipated ; 
and that he had no three cows at Endon which would give more 
or better milk. 
Treatment. — Insert a seton of veratrum nigrum in the dewlap 
of each, and in a few days give the following tonic diuretic : — 
Pulv. semi anisi, pulv. semi carui, aa 3j ; potassee nitrat., 
juniperi baccse, et resinae, aa ^iss; kali prep. Jss; theriacae =iv, 
in a quart of cold ale. These cows got well without any more 
medical treatment, with the assistance of nutritious food. In 
general, I use the above tonic diuretic once a week, and the fol- 
lowing every other day : — Gentiani rad. p. 3iss. in a pint of strong 
decoction of the lesser centaury. 
Remarks. — I have selected cases to begin with not in Northum- 
berland, nor yet in the north of Scotland, but in the circle of 
Mr. Mayer himself. I shall be brief on the cause in this paper; 
but I will say, that, instead ofbeing a rheumatic affection, brought 
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