PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE. 
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Eleven o'clock, P.M; — During the last three or four hours the 
cow has varied very considerably — at one time a little better, and 
at another time much worse. The relapses have been very severe. 
She is now in a state of relapse ; the respirations are 39 per minute, 
and the pulse 96 per minute ; the eyes are also more insensible to 
light, and the abdomen has become more tense. The course of the 
spine to be well fomented with large woollen cloths soaked in hot 
water; the udder to be frequently stripped of its contents; the 
cow to be turned over upon her other side. To have the following 
immediately, and, if not better in four hours, to have it repeated : — 
R Ammoniae 3iss 
Spt. nitri ^ij 
Aquae Jviij 
1 6th, Seven o'clock, A.M. — Worse than ever, and, from what I 
am told, must have gradually continued to become so during the last 
five or six hours. The horns and limbs are deathly cold ; surface 
of the body more regular; the pupil of the eye is largely dilated, 
and the organ is insensible to light. If I draw my finger over the 
cornea, the eyelids remain open. Pulse about 104 per minute, and 
respirations 60 per minute. The mouth is filled with a thick 
tenacious kind of mucus, and every time the act of expiration 
takes place it is attended with a loud bubbling sort of a noise: 
she has also lost the power of deglutition. She died about nine 
o’clock A.M. 
Examination two hours after death . Digestive Organs . — 
The various stomachs were all perfectly healthy, and their contents 
natural ; the paunch and the maniplus were very full of food, 
particularly the paunch, the contents of which were of a semifluid 
nature. The food in the maniplus was soft generally, particularly 
between the outer layers of the organ ; between the central layers 
the food was considerably drier. The small and large intestines 
were perfectly healthy in every respect ; the peritoneum was also 
perfectly healthy in every part. 
Uterus. — The muscular substance of the uterus was firm 
throughout ; the colour of its mucous membrane was normal, but it 
was easily detached from the subtextures : every other structure 
peculiar to the organ was healthy. 
Urinary Organs. — The bladder contained a moderate quantity 
of high-coloured urine; it was normal, as also were the kidneys, 
ureters, vagina, &c. 
Organs of the Chest. — A portion of the right lung was adherent 
to the pleura; the adhesion was about nine inches in length and 
about seven inches in depth. On separating this adherent portion, 
I found it was not only impervious to air, but that it also contained 
a large cavity, which was filled with tuberculous matter. This 
