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ON THE DISEASES OF CATS. 
the tenderest heart with unutterable woe; but the vengeance of 
the Most High will follow you. He will pursue you, and take 
you unawares, and disappoint you in your most sanguine ex- 
pectations. Whoever may wink at your baseness are without 
principle, and their motives are for mercenary ends. 
You are just now in high prosperity; you can give here and 
dispense there; but who have been the authors of all this ] Why, 
they you have so barbarously and treacherously wounded. Go 
now and seek some obscure retreat, for you have tarnished your 
honour, and your glory is at an end. 
Sept. 9, 1836. 
P.S. Tell your accomplice* that, although a dunce in practice, 
he is an adept in the school of villany. 
The following are some of the diseases of the cat that have 
come under my notice. 
Inflammation and Ulceration of the Bowels. 
On 20th December, 1840, I saw a fine healthy cat, six or seven 
months old, that was taken unwell, and in a few days afterwards 
died. The symptoms were sickness, vomiting a small quantity 
of slimy matter, lying in a helpless listless state bordering on 
paralysis, unwilling or unable to move, yet shewing evident symp- 
toms of pain, and the respiration considerably increased. 
Examination . — At about half way along the small intestines 
their parietes shewed a track of inflammation, and on cutting 
into them the mucous membrane was also inflamed, but the in- 
flammation not running to any considerable extent. The curious 
curve (as in the dog), called the cascum, was full of rather hard 
faeces, and there were some also in the rectum. In the rectum 
there were three patches of ulceration. All other parts were 
beautifully sound. This case, I fancy, was produced by lead, as 
the cat was accustomed to ramble into a painter’s premises. 
Diseased Liver. 
One day a cat of my own, about five months old, was seen to 
be very sick ; but we fancied it was consequent on having eaten 
too freely of cows’ lungs, as she threw a great quantity up. The 
next day she was missing, and we could not find her any where ; 
but in five days after we found her in the cellar dead. 
Examination . — The intestines, I fancied, were a little thickened, 
* Apprentice. 
