PARALYSIS IN A COW. 
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Early in the morning of the 8th of June, I was called 
upon by Mr. Hind, of this place, to go immediately to see a 
cow of his, which, he said, could not stand upon her fore 
legs. Upon my arrival 1 found her lying very quiet, and 
looking about her as if nothing was the matter. The breathing 
was natural; pulse feeble, but nearly normal in character; 
nose moist, and eyes bright; extremities cold, and slight dis- 
tension of rumen. I tried to make her move, when she 
raised herself on her hind legs, but had not the slightest 
power in her fore legs. The owner told me she had been on 
the common the day before as usual, and he expected she 
was within ten weeks of calving. He was informed that she 
was bellowing very loud, and had been galloping about the 
common a great deal, and then ran into the river. She 
seemed "well when brought home last evening. He had her 
ever since she was a calf, and she Was now about ten years 
old. Several calves had been bred from her, and she had 
never been ill before, although last year about this time after 
calving she ate the placental membranes. He was sure she 
had not done well since that, and sometimes she lost her 
milk, but it came again, and then did better for a time. She 
took the bull at her usual time after calving, and, as I have said 
before, the owner expected she was now within ten weeks of 
calving. He seemed confirmed in this idea by her losing 
her milk at the latter end of April. On its return, a week 
before her death, as well as during her illness, he thought he 
could feel the calf, but great was his disappointment to find 
she was not in calf. 
1 pronounced the case to be one of paralysis, arising from 
weakness and previous excitement, and treated her accord- 
ingly. She appeared to be getting better till the morning of 
the Uth, when I found her breathing to be very quick, the 
pulse accelerated and scarcely perceptible, the nose dry, eyes 
dull, and she looked behind her frequently. These symptoms 
I considered most unfavorable. 
Up to the night of the 10th she had been pretty quiet, 
but on this night there were signs of her having struggled 
violently, as if she had tried to get up, she having moved 
several yards from her old position. She died on the after- 
noon of the 11th, and when I called in the evening they had 
just commenced skining her. 
Post-mortem appearances , — Upon opening the abdomen a 
great quantity of blood escaped. The rumen was found full 
of dry food closely impacted ; the mucous lining membrane 
was easily removed. The intestines were healthy and nearly 
empty. Whilst feeling amongst them 1 found the tumour 
