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CASES OF THE HUSK IN CATTLE. 
in the course of the week, was taken suddenly worse, and die 
before I could see her. I found an ulcer upon the rima glottidi 
about the size of a wafer, extending upon the sides of the horde 
and between the first and second cartilage, a black spot, a] 
proaching to an ulcer. The trachea preserved its natural colou 
covered interiorly with a frothy matter, mingled among which v 
found a great number of small white worms, about three parts J 
an inch long, and the size of very fine sewing thread. On pr< 
ceeding to the lungs, they were not found in that high state < 
decomposition which is sometimes seen, but the bronchiae wei 
full of frothy matter and worms. There was also evidentl 
some peritoneal inflammation of the bowels; likewise the fourt 
stomach seemed to be affected. 
The other heifer, which had been the worst all along, was ke} 
in a yard, not being able to get about, or to eat or drink an 
think. She swelled a good deal under the throat; and it wa 
with great difficulty that gruel made with wheat-flour and wate: 
&c., could be horned down her throat. She became very weak 
her eyes sunk into her head ; a very offensive purging came on 
and she died in a day or two after the other. On openin 
her, I did not find any ulcers, as in the other, nor any morbi 
appearance in the cavity of the abdomen; but the larynx an 
trachea were in a high state of mortification, of a green coloui 
with frothy matter and worms, as in the case above. The sufc 
stance of the lungs was also in a mortified state, and the bronchia 
full of matter and worms. 
1 he other five were still troubled with the husking and grunt 
ing noise ; but they fed better, and became more lively. I hat 
their noses rubbed every morning with tar and sulphur; gav 
them linseed oil, to keep their bowels open; and small doses o 
nitre, sulphur, and savin. They all recovered. 
I thought this complaint similar to the epidemic catarrha 
fever which was so very prevalent among the horses in thes< 
parts at that time. 
A tew numbers back, one of your Correspondents expresset 
an opinion, that before “The Veterinarian” had been mucl 
longer published, a remedy would be found for that fatal disease 
Scouring in Cattle. Most sincerely do I wish that this opinior 
may be realised ; for in a pretty extensive practice (in this breed¬ 
ing part of Sussex), I have many cases of this complaint conn 
under my notice; and after trying every means I thought likely 
to conquer this disease, I have been able to do but little. It i< 
rather slow T in its progress : at first the beast is observed to loo! 
thin; its coat to stare ; its appetite becomes diminished; it is 
hide-bound; the skin has a harsh, crackling feel; and the coal 
