ATROPHY— ANEMIA. 
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Not a viscus except the liver was half of its natural size. The 
lungs were in a strangely collapsed state on the left side, and some- 
what so on the right. They had almost the bloodless appearance 
of the lungs of a calf that had frequently been bled, and had 
been afterwards slaughtered in the usual way. The animal was 
almost a perfect skeleton. It died of atrophy, and the purging 
was the effect of debility. If more carminative and tonic medi- 
cine had been employed, might the animal have been saved ? 
Jan. 1 5th, 1834. — Black Goat. Observed for the first 
time to purge, and that violently. 1 1 is of a mucous character, for 
it mats the wool about the anus, and almost forms a mechanical 
obstruction. Give an ounce of Epsom salts and a drachm of 
ginger. 
1 6th. — The stools are more feculent. Give the astringent 
powder, a drachm morning and night. 
1 7th. — Still purges, but more feculent. Continue powder. 
22d. — Has apparently got quite well, and has produced a lit- 
tle one. 
Feb. 1 2th. — She has lost her young one, and purges more 
violently than ever. Give one ounce of Epsom salts and a drachm 
of ginger. 
14^. — Rapidly wasting away. Give half an ounce of astringent 
powder. 
17th. — Dead. The lungs exhibited old disease, but not of a 
dangerous character : they were nearly bloodless. The liver was 
small and firm ; the gall-bladder unusually distended with fluid, 
almost as pale as water, and with comparatively little taste. 
The bowels were perfectly empty, small, flaccid, and bloodless. 
She evidently wasted away. 
July 8 th y 1833. — A little Zebu bull became violently excited 
by being placed with a large Indian cow that was at heat, and 
whom he could not cover. He now coughs. He feeds tolerably 
well. Let him alone, the excitement will probably subside. 
13 th. — He has quieted down; the cough has left him, and he 
is quite well. He, however, did not long continue well ; he evi- 
dently got thin. By means of small doses of Epsom salts and 
carminatives, he was again and again renovated. 
Jan. 30 th, 1834. — He has lately been losing ground more 
decidedly and rapidly. Give daily half an ounce of Epsom salts 
with two drachms of gentian and one of ginger. 
Feb. 5th. — The emaciation rapidly proceeded, and the animal 
died this morning. The intestines and stomachs perfectly healthy. 
The lungs collapsed, bloodless, even more so than those of a calf 
whose flesh had been whitened by repeated bleedings. The 
liver enlarged and inflamed, and in the principal lobe there were 
