THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. XXIII, 
No. 271. 
JULY 1850. 
Third Series, 
No. 31. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PATHOLOGY AND PRACTICE OF 
VETERINARY MEDICINE. 
By W. HAYCOCK, Veterinary Surgeon , 
(Member of the Veterinary College, Edinburgh) 
King Street, Huddersfield. 
Seventh Contribution. 
Puerperal Fever. 
Case I. 
April26th, 1843. — WAS requested, about three o’clock P.M., to 
attend upon a cow, the property of an individual residing in Hud- 
dersfield. 
History , §c. — The cow is of the Devonshire breed, and is in ex- 
cellent condition. On the 23d of the present month she calved her 
third calf, and the parturient process was gone through without 
any difficulty. From the time of the animal calving, until this 
morning, she has yielded her milk freely, fed well, and ruminated 
regularly ; her diet has consisted of boiled oats, bran, and hay ; her 
drink of chilled water, with an occasional allowance of gruel, sweet- 
ened with treacle. This morning, the cow was attacked with a 
slight shivering fit, which however quickly subsided ; after which 
she remained restless, and appeared as though affected with a 
general uneasiness ; her breathing became a little quickened ; she 
refused her food ; did not ruminate ; and parted, occasionally, with 
small portions of dung. The owner bled the animal to the amount 
of four quarts; and, afterwards, administered to her a pound of 
butter dissolved in some oatmeal gruel ; during the day she laid 
her down once or twice, but quickly rose again ; the last time she 
arose she exhibited symptoms of weakness in her hind limbs ; she 
placed them wider apart than usual ; her body w T as slowly swayed 
from side to side, until, at last, she fell with some degree of vio- 
lence upon the ground ; after which I was immediately requested 
to attend. 
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