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she ate well, drank well, and yielded an abundance of milk. I did 
not give her any medicine during the whole time. On the even- 
ing of the 27th she managed to get up, and some days afterwards 
she was perfectly recovered. 
Case VII. 
February 15th , 1849. — Was requested about four o’clock P.M. 
to attend upon a cow, the property of a cottager who resides about 
four miles from Huddersfield. 
History , fyc. — The cow is of the short-horned breed, red and 
white in colour, and she has been the property of her present owner 
about eighteen months. About five months ago she was affected 
with a difficulty of breathing, attended with cough. She was 
placed under the care of a cowleech who resided in the district, 
and who gave her some medicine on two or three occasions, after 
which she ultimately recovered, and continued to do well until 
to-day. Yesterday, between three and four o’clock, she calved 
her fifth calf ; and the parturient process was easily gone through ; 
after which she fed well, yielded her milk freely, and was regular 
in other respects. About one o’clock to-day, the owner thought he 
perceived a change in the animal — she refused her food and her 
gruel, became dull and listless. About three o’clock she became 
so much worse, that a messenger was despatched to request my 
immediate attendance. 
Present State . 
1. Pulse 72 per minute ; and respirations 26 ditto. 
2. The animal is laid prostrate upon her right side. 
3. The general surface of the body is hot ; the ears and horns 
are also hot ; and the nose is dry. 
4. The abdomen appears very full, but it exhibits no tender- 
ness when pressed upon. 
5. The eyes present the glassy aspect so common in these cases ; 
the mucous membranes of these organs is also much injected. 
6. The udder is large, hot, and hard, and yields but little milk. 
7. She has not dunged nor urinated for some hours. 
Treatment fyc. — The body of the animal to be covered with a 
woollen rug ; the course of the spine to be strongly stimulated ; the 
rectum and the bladder to be emptied of their contents; and to 
have the following in a draught immediately : — 
R. Antim tart 3j 
Potass nitratis 3ij 
Aloes Barb 31 y 
Magnesise sulph Jij 
Thin gruel a quart. 
