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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PATHOLOGY AND 
Treatment. — Various remedial measures were had recourse to, 
but without any permanent benefit. The rectum and the bladder 
were emptied of their contents, stimulants and antispasmodics were 
given her, but without avail. The cow died about eight o’clock in 
the evening of the same day. 
Examination fourteen hours after Death. Digestive Organs . — 
The stomachs were healthy; the food in the maniplus, in some parts, 
was becoming very dry ; the paunch contained a large quantity of 
food. The peritoneum, throughout, presented indubitable evidence 
of inflammatory action ; patches of a dull purple colour were pre- 
sent upon the membrane investing both the small and the large 
intestines. Some murky-looking serum was present also in the 
abdominal cavity, in which floated shreds of dirty coloured lymph. 
Organs of the Chest. — The lungs were healthy, but considerably 
congested ; the heart was firm in its structure, and both its ventri- 
cles were filled with black blood firmly coagulated. 
Organs of Generation. — The uterus presented clear proof of in- 
flammatory action ; over the whole of its mucous membrane were 
large patches of a dark purple colour, eight or ten inches in length, 
and six or eight inches in breadth ; these patches of purple in 
some places presented darker shades of colour, becoming, in fact, 
almost black ; most of the patches were connected one with another 
by a continuous faint purple tinge ; the mucous membrane (parti- 
cularly where it was darkest) readily peeled away from the subja- 
cent textures ; while over the whole membrane was spread a kind 
of yeasty looking fluid, which emitted a disagreeable odour. Patches 
of colour of a dull faint red tinge were also present over the abdo- 
minal surface of the uterus, some of which appeared to be in con- 
nexion with the patches described as peculiar to its mucous surface, 
while others, again, did not present any such connexion; the sub- 
stance of muscular tissue of the organ was moderately firm. 
Nervous System. — The nervous mass composing the brain was 
moderately firm ; the same also with respect to the nervous mass 
composing the spinal cord. The serous membranes investing these 
organs were firm in themselves, and their vessels were not abnor- 
mally congested, for 1 examined the parts from the brain to the 
end of the spine. 
Case III. 
May 1 6th, 1813. — ‘Was requested, about two o’clock P.M., to 
attend upon a cow, the property of a cottager residing near Hud- 
dersfield. 
History, $c. — The cow is a mongrel-bred one, and small in size ; 
she has belonged to her present owner more than two years ; and, 
during the last eight months he has thought, at times, that the cow 
