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bramble* which I acidulated with^a little of the water of RabeL 
Gruel, made with the farina of barley, constituted the only food. 
“18 th. — The aphthse of the buccal membrane are almost all cured, 
but the ulceration of the tongue is very little better ; nevertheless 
the edges of the ulcers are thinner and less callous. Continue the 
same applications to the mouth ; but as the strength of the ox was 
failing under the poor diet that was allowed him, I ordered that 
he should have, in the course of the day, two messes of thick gruel, 
and that his ordinary drink should also be thickened. 
“ 21 st. — Very little alteration. I cast the patient, and bathed the 
whole of the vast ulcer on the tongue with caustic ammonia, which 
I applied to it by means of small pieces of lint tied to the end of 
a short stick. This dressing appeared to give a great deal of pain, 
and produced an abundant salivation, the appearance of which 
somewhat annoyed the proprietor. 
“ 23 d. — The patient exhibited a strong desire to eat, and we 
gave him some cabbage leaves. 
“ 'IMh . — The ulcer on the tongue much diminished in size. That 
organ has been at length completely retracted into the mouth ; the 
salivation is less abundant, and the cure rapidly advances. 
“30 th. — He eats and ruminates; but I allow him green food 
only, that I may not mechanically irritate the ulcer which still oc- 
cupies the middle of the tongue as far as the frsenum. 
“ Sept. Ylth. — The cure was complete.” 
Our author now considers the epizootic and enzootic aphthous 
inflammation of the mouth, which is often sadly prevalent on the con - 
tinent, but from which our country is comparatively exempt. It 
differs from the former in the livid and black appearance and malig- 
nant character of the ulcers, which are healed with difficulty — in the 
bad quality of the suppuration, and the foetid odour which it ex- 
hales — and in the prostration of strength which the animal exhibits 
from the very commencement of the attack. 
. In many cases this disease yields to the treatment recommended 
for simple aphthse ; but, at other times, these ulcerations rapidly 
spread, they occupy the pharynx, the oesophagus, and even the 
abomasum. Then the case becomes serious. Deglutition is exceed- 
ingly difficult, and almost impossible, and this is one proof of the 
extent of the ulceration. The inflammation of the gastric and 
intestinal mucous coat occasions obstinate constipation, marked debi- 
lity, and a small, concentrated, accelerated pulse. The breath is 
foetid, and the urine in small quantity, and high-coloured. 
In these cases he administers mucilaginous tisannes of peeled 
barley, mixed with honey — emollient injections— and supports the 
strength of the animal with milk in which eggs and starch have 
been beaten up. He uses gargles of vinegar and water, mixed 
with honey, and applies warm fomentations to the belly. If the 
