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DISEASED HEART OF A COW. 
It was also resolved to hold a meeting of the Society on the 
18th of August next, and the secretary was instructed to 
send circulars to all practitioners in the west of Scotland, 
notifying the meeting. 
Mr. M‘Call, professor at the Veterinary College, Edinburgh, 
agreed to deliver an address at the next meeting. 
The directors were instructed to secure a place of meeting 
for the Society. 
The secretary was also instructed to forward a notice of this 
meeting, and of the formation of the Society, to the editors of 
the Veterinarian , requesting them to insert the same in the 
next publication of that journal. 
DISEASED HEART OF A COW. 
By H. Lepper, M.R.C.V.S., Aylesbury. 
I herewith send you what I think is a rare specimen of 
a diseased heart, with its investment, which was taken from 
a cow of the short-horn breed, about seven years old, the 
property of Mr. Bliss, of Windmill Hill, Waddesdon. 
On the fourth day after calving she was noticed to fail in 
her appetite and her milk also became greatly diminished in 
quantity. In walking across the yard she staggered and fell. 
She laid for some considerable time, when with difficulty she 
got up and walked to a shed, where she soon laid down again. 
It was in this condition that I first saw her. The expression 
of her countenance did not materially differ from that of a 
healthy animal. The bowels were regular in their action ; 
the pulse did not exceed fifty beats in the minute, and was 
soft and full. On the left side of the chest there was an 
emphysematous swelling, extending over four or five of the 
middle ribs and about eight or ten inches wide. On auscul- 
tating the chest I could not discover any unusual sound in 
the respiratory action ; the breathing also was regular. The 
jugular veins were filled to repletion, so as to be observable 
when standing by the side of the animal; a state of things 
which I have invariably found to exist in effusion into the 
pericardium, and especially if much fluid is present. I felt 
satisfied that this was a case of this description, and con- 
sequently formed an unfavorable opinion as to the issue. 
To relieve the distended vessels, I took away eight or ten 
