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ON REDWATER IN CATTLE. 
could not get up. I continued to give small quantities of purging 
medicines until the eighth day, when a small discharge of foetid 
matter took place. She died on the ninth day. I examined her 
a short time after death, and found the intestines in a state of 
inflammation, more so than I had seen on former occasions; the 
paunch distended, but the contents soft and natural. This sto¬ 
mach was streaked and spotted with red along the course of the 
bloodvessels. The contents of the manyplus were hard and dry, 
coming out in cakes indented with the papillae, as if they had 
been baked : these cakes were composed almost entirely of hay 
and corn, some of the corn looking quite fresh and whole. The 
cow had been at grass more than three weeks, and during that 
time had not had any corn; but she had been previously fed on 
corn and hay, in order to increase the milk for rearing calves. 
This confirmed me in the opinion I have long entertained, that 
the third stomach is the primary seat of the disease, more espe¬ 
cially as we find the fourth stomach and intestines mostly empty, 
and the paunch distended, although often with liquid matter; 
and also that inflammation is a consequence and not a cause of 
the disease. It also seems likely, that if we could force a pas¬ 
sage through the manyplus, and empty it of its contents, we 
should abate all the other symptoms. The fact is, that if the case 
terminates fatally, we always find on examination that the many¬ 
plus is full and hard, whatever is the state of the other stomachs. 
ON REDWATER IN CATTLE. 
We sometimes see in your valuable work. The Veterina¬ 
rian, observations on the redwater, or bloody urine, in cattle; 
and different opinions and treatments in that complaint. In the 
circle of our extensive practice, we may venture to say there are 
several thousands of cattle kept, and among which are frequently 
cases of the above disease; and we, in addition to giving cathar¬ 
tics, &c. administer clysters composed of water or a decoction of 
linseed one gallon, oil of turpentine one or two ounces, and two 
ounces of yellow or white soap, dissolved; and, when there is 
much irritation or straining, we add of tinct. opii, and this 
frequently answers a good purpose. 
We insert this communication from an unknown correspondent 
(unknown, except that the post-mark enables us to more than 
guess at our man), because it shortly and clearly states a point 
of practice; but we do protest against this system of anonymous 
correspondence: it takes from the communication more than 
half its value.—E dit. 
