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OVER-DISTENDED STOMACH IN A COW. 
first appeared were loss of appetite, skin warm, extremities cold, 
pulse GO ; which were soon followed by a hardness of the cuticle, 
hidebound, eyes sunk in their sockets, and great debility. 
After continuing in this state for some weeks, the skin began to 
come off, the appetite improved, and the cow began to recover. 
The treatment was, first, bleeding and purging, which were fol¬ 
lowed by the administration of flour of sulphur one ounce daily. 
We afterwards rubbed her, wherever the skin was hard, with oil; 
after the oil was applied a short time, the skin began to come ofl‘. 
She had calved about six weeks when attacked, and for six 
weeks that she was unwell she gave no milk. The hair about 
the shoulders never came on, but all the rest did. She is again 
in calf, and doing well. 
A CASE OF OVER-DISTENDED STOMACH IN A COW. 
By Mr. J. Steel, V. S., Biggar, N. B. 
As I have been greatly benefitted by reading The Veterina¬ 
rian, I think it is my duty in return to offer what is in my 
power to its pages; and if what I now send is favourably re¬ 
ceived, I shall endeavour to forward any remarkable case that 
comes in my way. I am sorry to see so few of my old fellow- 
pupils and fellow-veterinarians on this side the Tweed contribut¬ 
ing so seldom, as I am sure many a good case must have oc¬ 
curred in their practice. 
I w T as called in great haste, on the 20th of May last, to a cow, 
the property of Mr. Bell, brewer, in Biggar, and was told by the 
messenger that she was very much hoven, and that he thought 
she would be dead ere I could get down ; I therefore lost 
no time in going, but before I got there she had fallen. A 
medical gentleman, who happened to be on the spot, was urged 
to put the trochar into her, as she had every appearance of im¬ 
mediate death, which he had done. When I reached the place, 
he told me what he had done ; but said he thought he had 
not done it properly, as no air came away. I immediately drew 
out the instrument, and found that the paunch was over-dis¬ 
tended with food. On inquiry I was told that she had been 
feeding on clover pasture. I was then asked what was to be 
done: I replied, that the only thing to be done was to make an 
incision into the stomach and remove the contents; and stated, 
if the cow was not saved by that, nothing short of it would do. 
The medical man agreed with my proposals, and wished me to 
operate instantly; to which the owner agreed, after I had in¬ 
formed him that not a moment was to be lost. 
1 made an opening into the stomach about five inches in length, 
