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low ground : the incision was made on the right side, about four 
inches down the flank. The ewe has done well since the opera- 
tion, and there does not appear to be any return of the disease. 
This case is recorded as creditable to Mr. Esam ; but our be- 
lief is that little dependence can be placed upon the operation, 
although the immediate result may be favourable. If the system 
cannot be sufficiently restored to cause the re-absorption of the 
effused fluid, the relief by tapping will be temporary and delusive. 
We shall, however, be glad to hear more about this ewe. 
Y. 
SINGULAR EFFECT OF PUERPERAL FEVER IN A 
COW. 
By Mr. Geo. Cooke, V.S., Nottingham . 
A cow in good condition, the property of Mr. William Har- 
pham, of Wilford, near Nottingham, was attacked on Saturday, 
January 8, 1842, with that dreadful disease designated puerperal 
fever. She had calved on the preceding evening, but, on the 
owner going to her about eleven o’clock the next morning, he 
turned her from one side of the stall to the other for the purpose 
of giving her a little hay, when he perceived her to stagger. He 
then left her to go round his farm, and returned about three 
o’clock in the afternoon, when he found her down, and unable to 
rise. Mr. H. immediately sent for Mr. Pyatt, with whom I am 
now residing as an assistant. He being from home, I went in- 
stantly, knowing that there was not a moment to lose in attack- 
ing so formidable an enemy. 
As I consider it frivolous and absurd in the generality of wri- 
ters in The Veterinarian to mention every medicine which 
they prescribe, and the specific dose, I shall dispense with it, as I 
am not going to shew the symptoms and treatment particularly, 
but the effect. I shall, therefore, commence by saying that on 
my arrival I found my patient down, as before stated, with her 
eyes closed, and her head thrown back upon her side, with a small 
quick pulse, about 90. I had some doubt in my mind whether 
she hud the power of deglutition, and, fearful of choking her, I 
first tried her carefully with a little water from a bottle, when I 
found that she was capable of discharging that function. I then 
administered a powerful purgative ; stimulated severely the whole 
length of the spine ; ordered her bag to be frequently drawn, and 
