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PUEKPEltAL FEVER. 
quite stopped. She gave about three pints of milk this morning, 
but does not feed well ; pulse 65. 
8 p.m. — She is much livelier; ruminates as before. I leave a 
few powders, each composed of sulph. ferri 3 iv, gent. 3 j ; one 
to be given daily. 
I was informed last week, Aug. 15, that this cow, since she 
recovered, has given as much milk as if she never had had 
puerperal fever. 
CASE IV. 
The cow was the property of Mr. Gunn, Allan-street, Stock- 
bridge, and one of two which he had purchased in the Grass- 
market on a Wednesday, about the beginning of last month. 
She had calved on the Saturday before he bought her. 1 
was informed by Mrs. Gunn this morning, August 22, that 
she had jequested her husband not to buy this cow , as she did not 
like her appearance in the market; because , continued Mrs. G. 
“she seemed so restless, ivas continually shifting her position, her 
was constantly open, and the eyes looked so wild-like , that 1 
thought she was mad .” That afternoon she was milked, and 
gave about six Scotch pints, but she would eat nothing, and what 
water she attempted to drink she was unable to swallow. Next 
morning she gave no milk, refused her food, and was very uneasy 
till about four o’clock p.m., when she dropped never to rise : she 
died that night about twelve o’clock. I am not sure what kind 
of treatment was adopted, and, as I did not see it, I cannot write 
from hearsay. 
Post-mortem examination. — Next morning the cow was 
opened, when the following appearances presented them- 
selves. The rumen was distended with food, and the in- 
ternal coat more vascular than natural. The reticulum in- 
flamed, and full of food. The maniplus was full of dry food, 
and so hard that it appeared like cakes which had been 
baked : the muscular coat was considerably inflamed. The 
abomasum was highly inflamed, but quite empty, with nu- 
merous ulcerations on the villous coat. The large intestine 
natural ; the small shewed considerable vascularity on different 
portions ; the uterus seemed to have suffered much, as it was 
very highly inflamed, with numerous ecchymoses throughout : 
the gall-bladder was full, but all the other viscera of both the 
chest and abdomen were sound and healthy. 
As upon this case I intended to stand and defend the opinions 
which 1 had formed of the organs affected in puerperal fever; 
and although, since March, I have regarded the theory of Mr. 
Friend with suspicion, as being purely imaginary, a mere hypo- 
