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A CASE OF GARGET IN A COW. 
By Mr. J. Hodges, F.*?., Guernsey. 
On the 3d of September last. I was requested to visit a cow, 
the property of Mr. Gaort, of Saviour S— — . On my arrival, the 
following symptoms presented themselves: — Quick irritable pulse 
— cold extremities — staring of the coat — the mammillary glands 
the left side very much swollen, and tense and painful to the 
touch. On inquiring of the owner as to the state of her bowels, 
he informed me that nothing had passed her during the last 
forty-eight hours, neither had she ruminated. 
I immediately abstracted six pounds of blood from the sub- 
cutaneous abdominal vein — administered a brisk purgative — well 
hand-rubbed and bandaged the legs with hay, and ordered a large 
bran cataplasm to be applied to the udder. 
4 th. — Still costive; and the pulse 50. She evinced great ten- 
derness of the udder when she was'compelled to move. 
Having previously oiled my hand and arm, I introduced them 
into the rectum, and removed the hardened faeces. I then in- 
jected an emollient enema, and administered some linseed oil. 
5th. — Abortion had taken place during the previous night. 
She had not cleansed, but was straining violently to expel the 
membranes: having gently assisted her with my hand, it was 
soon accomplished. Some tincture of opium and spirit of nitrous 
ether were administered in warm gruel. 
6th. — Her bowels had been freely acted upon for the first time. 
She had eaten a bran mash and drunk some gruel. The udder 
is not so much swollen, but is extremely tender. Gently, but well 
rub in an anodyne liniment twice in the day. 
7th. — She has ruminated a little in the course of the morning, 
and her general health has evidently improved. Continue the 
liniment, and administer a mild aperient composed of sulphur, 
magnesiae sulph., nitre, and ginger. 
8 th. — Considerably better; continue the medicine. 
11/// . — I observed a sanious fluid discharging from the left pos- 
terior teat; but she evinced no pain on my touching the gland. 
Having minutely examined it, I found in the udder a circular 
line of separation about four inches superior to the teat. Having 
secured her, I dissected out the whole of the inferior portion of the 
gland, commencing at the line above-mentioned, and enveloped 
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