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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PATHOLOGY AND 
Present State : — 
1. Pulse so feeble and indistinct that I cannot number it for cer- 
tain ; but it appears to beat about 96 per minute. 
2. The respirations are 48 per minute, and exceedingly labo- 
rious. 
3. The breathing is carried on principally by the air passing 
through the mouth ; which cavity is filled, or nearly so, with a 
thick tenacious froth. 
4. Every time the act of expiration is performed it is attended 
with a loud blowing or bubbling kind of noise. 
5. The eyes exhibit a dull leaden-like hue. 
6. The pupils of the eyes are largely dilated, and the eyes 
themselves are all but totally insensible to the action of light. 
7. The tears are plentifully secreted, and roll in large drops 
down the cheeks. 
8. The nose is moist, the horns are cold, and the extremities are 
of a variable temperature. 
9. The cow is laid on her left side upon the ground, with the 
head considerably lower than the hind extremities. 
10. Sometimes her head is laid close to her right side, while at 
other times she tosses it wildly about. 
11. She struggles severely, as though suffering from acute ab- 
dominal pain, and occasionally she attempts to roll over. 
12. In attempting to give the animal a small quantity of medi- 
cine, I found that the power of deglutition was gone. 
I immediately raised the fore-quarters of the animal ; but, not- 
withstanding every thing I could do (which was but little), the cow 
died about thirty minutes after my arrival. 
Examination two hours after Death. State of the Digestive 
Organs. — The paunch, maniplus, and the abomasum, were normal 
in their structures ; but all of them were excessively filled with 
food ; particularly the paunch, which was crammed to excess. 
The food itself was of proper consistence, and appeared as though 
the function of digestion had been but little, if any, interfered with. 
The small intestines, in two or three places, exhibited a number of 
minute dark spots, which l did not think arose from any inflam- 
matory action. The large intestines were normal throughout. 
Respiratory Organs . — The trachea contained a portion of frothy 
spume ; the lungs were exceedingly bulky from excessive con- 
gestion. The congested blood was black, and tar-like in appear- 
ance. The pleura w’as healthy, but the cavity of the chest contained 
ten or twelve ounces of serum. 
Organs of Circulation. — The auricles and ventricles of the heart 
