36 INFLAMMATORY FEVER IN CATTLE. 
The mesentery was likewise singularly spotted. A yellow gela¬ 
tinous infiltration, mixed with serum, was found about the middle 
of the diaphragm, and in the whole of the pelvic cavity : the ex¬ 
terior of the bladder was likewise spotted. This viscus contained 
a little brown urine, and the mucous coat was highly inflamed 
towards the neck of the bladder. The liver was enlarged, in¬ 
flamed, and easily tom. The bile was thick and flocculent, and 
having a pungent smell. 
The large intestines, through a great part of their extent, con¬ 
tained clots of blood, some of which were fibrous, and the mucous 
coat was thickened, and of a violet colour. The small intestines 
contained a mucous fluid resembling the lees of port wine, and 
presented intense inflammation. The rectum was sphacelated 
through its whole extent. All the stomachs were. likewise in¬ 
flamed, and the mucous coat was easily detached from the rumen. 
Thorax.—Many pounds of fluid, resembling that in the abdo¬ 
men, were found in the chest. The pleura slightly inflamed the 
lungs emphysematous. The pericardium distended with fluid, 
and°covered with black spots. The heart inflamed, with spots of 
ecchymosis on its internal membrane. The right ventricle con¬ 
tained four ounces of black blood, not coagulated, and small clots 
floating in it; the other cavities were empty. 
The principal arterial and venous trunks presented nothing un¬ 
usual. The mucous coat of the trachea was slightly inflamed at 
its posterior and superior part, and this inflammation was more in¬ 
tense at the commencement of the bronchial tubes. Ts either the 
brain nor its membranes, nor the spinal cord, presented any extia- 
ordinary lesion. 
Treatment ;—Six pounds of blood abstracted, and the bleeding 
repeated, if necessary, as often as four times within the first three 
days, depending on the age and strength of the patient, and the 
intensity of the disease. Drinks composed of a decoction of bai¬ 
ley, linseed, bran, and marshmallow roots, with honey and nitre, 
and acidulated with sulphuric acid. Emollient injections, with a 
small quantity of nitre. A seton of black hellebore in the dew¬ 
lap*, if the breathing should continue to be laborious. The ani¬ 
mals placed in the shade, or a cool situation during the day, and 
frictions applied to their bodies and limbs ; at evening they were 
led to the pasture. * 
On the second day, symptoms of amendment were usually ob- 
* The root of the helleborus niger is much used by the French for setons 
in horses, and more particularly cattle. It is passed between the integu¬ 
ment and muscular parts beneath, as w r e use the cord or tape. From its pe¬ 
culiar acrimony it excites intense inflammation, considerable swelling, an 
speedy and copious suppuration.—E d. 
