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ON “ STAKING,” OR “ BOUND,” IN CATTLE. 
By Mr. Cartwright, of Whitchurch. 
CASE I. 
A two-year old bullock belonging to some Welsh drovers was 
taken ill on Wednesday morning the 31st October, 1827. He, 
amongst many others, had been grazing in a field near Bangor 
the previous night and until the morning of the 31st. 
31s£, 6 p.m. Symptoms .—Has a downcast look; grunts; stands 
up, and will scarcely stir about. Has had Ifeij of blood taken from 
him just before I saw him, and had been drenched with salt and 
water. I ordered him Glauber’s salts six ounces, and castor oil 
four ounces. Died some time in the night. 
Dissection .—Ihe foliated or third stomach was quite full and 
hard, each layer being so hard that it would snap short off; 
and upon each layer there was a thin pellicle of secretion, of a 
blueish colour, which could be easily separated. The ingesta 
were regularly laid between each leaf of the stomach, and each 
layer was again divided by the small leaves that are about an 
inch or two in depth, and attached to the muscular part of the 
stomach. The leaves of the stomach were of a light pinkish hue, 
but seemed inflamed, as the vessels were distended with blood. 
The leaves appeared to be composed of two coats, each covered 
with numerous papilliary processes, and the blood-vessels lay 
between the coats. The papillae above-mentioned left marks all 
over the contents which were in contact. There was a regular 
row of the papillae upon the whole length of the large vessels. 
The lungs seemed inflamed, and also the omentum (attached to the 
stomach), and in some parts of it were patches of extravasation. 
CASE II. 
A two-year old heifer had been grazing with the above bullock 
at Bangor, and had the same symptoms. She had been bled, 
and a great quantity of castor oil, aloes, salts, &c. given her, but 
without avail, as she died on the Saturday following, having 
been taken ill on the previous Wednesday. 
Dissection .— Three parts of the contents of the third stomach 
uei e soft and digested, but the remaining part was as hard as in 
the bullock. A\ here the contents was soft, the colour of the 
leaves of the stomach was of a blackish hue ; but where hard, 
pinkish. The lungs were not inflamed. Just before the com- 
