142 EFFECT OF PUERPERAL FEVER IN A COW. 
her body to be well clothed. I then left her until nine o’clock in 
the evening ; and on my return I formed a more favourable opi- 
nion of my patient than when I first saw her. 
Jan. 9th. — She was able to support her head ; frequently moan- 
ing; eyes staring and glassy ; full pulse, and quick. Venesec- 
tion until the pulse told me to close the orifice. 
Bowels not open ; I therefore ordered frequent enemata of 
tepid water. No appetite. 
Eight o’clock p m. — Better. Bowels open. Give spt. aether, 
nit. et liq. am. acet. aa %j ; the same quantity to be repeated three 
hours afterwards. 
10th. — Going on favourably, and endeavouring to rise. About 
ten o’clock in the evening a messenger came in great haste, say- 
ing that the cow was much worse. 
I certainly did not like to hear this news. I immediately went, 
and found her breathing most laboriously, the heart distinctly 
audible ten yards off; full hard pulse about 76. I again had re- 
course to venesection, and continued it according to the state of 
the pulse ; I also administered a laxative, and inserted two 
rowels in the chest. I staid two hours, when, on going to her 
before taking my departure, I found her much better. Breathing 
more tranquil. 
This was evidently an acute attack of pneumonia, and I should 
infer that it was the result of metastasis. 
II thy a.m. — Better. Administered a little more aperient medi- 
cine, the bowels not being sufficiently acted upon. 
Eight o’clock p.m. — The bowels open, and the case going on 
favourably. 
1 2th. — Going on well. Send pulv. sedativ. iiij, one to be 
given every three hours in Oj of tepid water. 
13 th. — Breathing tranquil ; frequent attempts to rise ; appe- 
tite good. Restrict her food both to quantity and quality. 
14 th. — Going on well. Rumination returned for the first time 
since she was attacked. 
15th. — Going on very well. Increase the quantity and quality 
of the food. Frequent attempts to rise. The owner suggested 
slinging her. On lifting her up by the aid of several men, and 
placing her in the slings, which were constructed of bags nailed 
across a pair of cart shafts, the latter being suspended from beams 
in the cow-house by means of ropes, we found that she was un- 
able to bear the weight of her body on any of her natural sup- 
porters. By means of friction we succeeded, after some time, 
in restoring sensation and motion in her fore legs ; but her hind 
ones dangled about loosely from her body, as though they did 
not belong to her. She stood in the slings very quietly with a 
