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heat. I then concluded, from the above symptoms, that the 
cause of the disease was from a quantity ofdry food in the inaniplus. 
I therefore prescribed for her 2 oz. of Cape aloes, and (i drachms of 
ginger, to be given in a quart of warm water, and warm water to 
be given to her, by means of a horn, several times in the course 
of the day. 
27 th .—Little change had occurred; the pulse was still forty- 
five, and she lay down as usual, as yesterday ; the bowels had 
not been opened, nor was there any appetite for either food or water. 
I then proceeded to examine the one that was dead. The sto¬ 
machs were the first parts that came under my view. The rumen, 
or paunch, and reticulum, or honeycomb, contained a large 
quantity of half-masticated straw and chaff. There was much 
food in the maniplus, or manyplies, but not so dry and hard as I 
expected to find it. The contents of the intestines were also very 
stiff and dry. The rest of the abdominal viscera were quite 
healthy; so were also the viscera of the chest. I thought, from 
the result of this examination, that I had administered a suffi¬ 
cient quantity of purgative medicine to the other cow, and therefore 
resolved to try to remove some of the contents of the stomachs and 
intestines by means of Read's patent stomach pump and clyster 
syringe, which I was in possession of. I consequently proceeded to 
pass the oesophagus tube into the rumen, and injected a consider¬ 
able quantity of water; I then tried to pump some of it back, but I 
found this impracticable from the lightness and half-masticated 
stateof the food, which soon stopped up the syringe. I then injected 
water into the rumen until it was surcharged sufficiently to re-act 
upon its contents, which I succeeded in doing, and a considerable 
proportion of the contents of the rumen was discharged by vomit. 
Having succeeded in effecting this, I proceeded to administer 
a clyster, and very easily injected no less than three gallons in 
three minutes, without the least rejection of any portion of it 
during the operation. I then ordered the cow to be gentlv 
moved about, and to have warm water given her several times 
during the day. 
On the morning of the 28th, a messenger from Mr. B. in¬ 
formed me that the cow was much better: her bowels were freely 
open, and she had eaten some hay and drunk some water, and 
had began to ruminate after eating. I heard no more of her 
until the 31st, when I saw Mr. B. and he informed me that the 
cow was fast recovering, although her appetite was not so good 
as it was before the attack. 
I was again at Mr. B.'s on the 8th of April, and saw the cow, 
which had quite recovered, and appeared well in every rtspect. 
