DIARRHOEA IN A COW. 
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disease that is here called “ shooting.” Her dung is of a black¬ 
ish colour, and extremely thin, and a great many air-bubbles are 
on the top of it when discharged on the ground. Her coat is 
staring and unthrifty, and a little hidebound ; pulse 80 ; appetite 
good; tongue a natural colour; eye-lids of a light brown colour. 
Has been in this state for more than two months, and the owner 
was afraid of her going off last year. She also has considerable 
“ hoose,” or “ husk.” Give aloes cape gfs, sodae sulph. jvj, zingib 
3 j, in a quart of warm water, and, afterwards, one of the following 
powders every day: hyd. subm. 3fs, resfae flav., potassae nit., 
cretae ppt. a a ^fs, with bran mashes, warm water, hay, and the 
animal to be housed. 
12*4.—The dung is of a yellower cast; there is an increased 
flow of saliva; and the vessels on the sclerotica are larger and 
more numerous. R: sodae carb. |j, cretae ppt. ^ij, potassae nit. 3j ; 
fiat pulv. mitte ij ; one to be given to-morrow, and one on the 
16th instant. 
17th. —Her dung is not so thin, and is of a better colour; 
pulse 80. She is, in every other respect, the same. R : hyd. 
subm. 3fs, alumin. Jj, cretae gij, resinae gfs, sodae carb. jfs; fiat 
pulv. mitte iiij ; one every second day. 
24th. —Nearly the same; pulse 60; lies down; her breath 
foetid, from incipient salivation; the hoose continues; was turned 
out in the fold, and looked lively, and licked herself. 
30th. —Dung thicker, and of a more natural colour. 
j February 2d. —Dung again thinner; her head a little swollen, 
and effusion under her jaws. The owner would not keep her any 
longer. 
Dissection. —The liver was the smallest I ever saw, and would 
not weigh more than 5 lbs. It was perfectly sound, of an uniform 
clear light blue colour, and firm in texture. The small intestines 
were much corrugated, and thickly covered with mucus. 
The colon and caecum appeared to be the principal seat of 
disease: they were inwardly of a dirty colour, with blackish 
streaks running over in every direction. The parietes were very 
thin, without the least covering of mucus. 
Her lungs were very little diseased; there was a large hydatid 
in one lobe^ and an abscess was forming around it. The tracheal 
lining had patches of a brownish yellow colour: the bronchial 
passages were unaffected. 
