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A CASE OF CALCULI IN THE KIDNEYS OF A COW. 
By John Tombs, Esq. V.S., Per shore. 
July 5, 1838. — I WAS summoned in great haste to attend a 
beautiful, thorough-bred, long-horned cow, the property of a gentle- 
man in this neighbourhood. I found her breathing laboriously, 
with a quick pulse, extremities and horns rather cold — refusing 
food and water — having ceased to ruminate, and frequently lying 
down and groaning. On inquiry, I found that she was seen by 
the shepherd, early yesterday morning, rolling about, kicking her 
belly with her hind feet, and, when free from pain, eating dirt. 
She had been stall-fed in the winter, and had been turned out in a 
luxuriant pasture about six weeks. She must have been in ex- 
treme agony yesterday, for the grass where she rolled had been 
forced into the earth, and she had knocked a post and rail-fence to 
pieces with her tremendous horns. As soon as her illness was 
discovered she was housed, bled to two gallons, two pounds of 
Epsom salts were given, and injections were administered. To- 
day I recommended a farther abstraction of blood to the amount of 
four quarts — the extremities to be well rubbed — another pound of 
the Epsom salts to be administered, and the enemas to be con- 
tinued. 
Qih. — No perceptible alteration. She frequently stretches her- 
self — lies down frequently — the respiration is embarrassed — the 
rumination suspended — refuses her food and water : the pulse 80. 
I had her turned out, to see whether she would graze ; but she 
began immediately to eat dirt. She was bled to syncope. I then, 
as the bowels had not been opened, gave her sulphur, aloes, and 
Epsom salts, and drenched her with linseed tea. 
1th. — Very little change — the bowels still constipated — medi- 
cine as before. 
8 th. — Bowels relaxed, and no mucus mingling with the faeces. 
Pulse 90, and weak. She is still frequently stretching herself. 
Give her gruel plentifully — she has not had much of it yet, on 
account of her struggles against being drenched. 
9 th. — Pulse still 90, and weak. She lies down and moans, and 
is evidently suffering acute internal pain — faeces of a natural con- 
sistence — she voids her urine frequently, and it is mingled with 
mucus and purulent matter. In a quart of urine there are two or 
three ounces of pus. Give her opium, gum acacia, and carbonate 
of soda, and drench her with plenty of linseed tea. 
V)th. — She appears to be somewhat better — pulse not quite so 
rapid — she has eaten a few elm and cabbage leaves. I had her 
