418 EXCISION OF A PORTION OF A COW S BAG. 
aperient medicine with a view to keep the stomach full, in or¬ 
der to prevent, as much as possible, irritation from the fork, and 
to have the bowels open, and thereby obviate mischief in that 
respect. 
EXCISION OF A PORTION OF A COW’S BAG. 
By Mr. Dickens, V.S., Kimbollon . 
April 2d, 1834.— Being in the neighbourhood, attending a 
sick horse, my attention was called by the Rev. H. G-to a 
favourite cow, his property, of the Alderney breed, and a superior 
milker, which had calved some nights previously, without assist¬ 
ance, but in the morning was found with a swelled bag. The 
treatment of this had been confided to a neighbouring cow- 
leech, under whose hands she kept getting worse, so much so, 
that, on his last visit, upon being asked to report progress, he 
said he was quite fright, and she must die. Upon making my 
examination I was equally fright, for the bag was so large as 
nearly to touch the ground, so hard as not to yield to pressure, 
no milk to be obtained from it, and one of the hinder quarters 
was as black as my hat; all arising, I should suspect, from the 
effect of cold on the bag when in a state of distention after 
calving, and a congestion of the lacteal vessels taking place: 
coupled with this there was excessive constitutional derangement, 
the pulse quick and weak, loss of appetite, nose dry, ears and 
legs cold, bowels rather constipated. 
I sent the following; half to be given that night, the other in the 
morning: R Magnes. sulph. ibss, nit. potass, ^iv, ant. tart. 3 ij : 
mix in gruel. I likewise ordered about an ounce of sol. chlor. 
sodae twice a-day in water. Foment the bag with it, and rub the 
following liniment well in, ol. oliv. 7,'iv, liq. ammon. ^i. 
3d .—Much the same; treatment continued, giving the powders 
according to the state of the bowels. 
Continues much in same state till the 7th, the only nutriment 
being gruel. 
7 th .—The bag has broken. Dress with ung. digestiv. Con¬ 
tinues weaker until the 12th. R Nitre Sij, ant. tart. 3 i, opium 
pulv. to be given daily in gruel. 
14 th .—The outer skin or covering of the diseased part of the 
bag has all sloughed away, and left the remaining portion a com¬ 
plete mass of putridity. Wash it frequently with the chloride of 
soda. 
15 th .—The only amendment being the other portion of the bag 
feels more pliable, and a small quantity of milk has returned, 
and slight appetite, I ordered febrifuge sedative medicine. 
