66 
cattlp: pathology. 
incision downwards, until I had arrived at the rupture of the 
oesophagus which had been effected by the stick, and then I was 
compelled to prolong my incision several lines before I could so 
far introduce my finger under the apple as to effect its dislodge- 
ment. 
column of air of a sour, fetid odour immediately escaped 
through the wound, and the swelling of the abdomen directly 
subsided. I cut away, with a curved pair of scissors, some portions 
of the ruptured coats of the oesophagus ; I washed the wound with 
some salt and water to which a little alcohol had been added, and, 
without disquieting myself on account of a slight hemorrhage which 
had taken place, I filled the wound with some portions of fine tow 
dipped in the same solution. I then effected two sutures through 
the skin, and prescribed a restricted diet. 
17^k .—There is considerable local inflammation, and constitu¬ 
tional irritation. The beast is devoured with thirst. I abstracted 
six pounds of blood from the right jugular vein, and removed the 
bandages. The wound looked healthy, and it seemed as if some 
granulations were already beginning to spring from the bottom 
of it. I, next, offered our patient some warm gruel. While I 
endeavoured to close the wound with some pledgets of tow, she 
drank with avidity; but a considerable portion of the fluid escaped 
through the wound—some of it, however, finding its way down the 
oesophagus. We offered a second lot of gruel, but she took only a 
portion of it, for the act of swallowing was painful and fatiguing. 
I dressed the wound as before, and ordered a fomentation with a 
decoction of mallows over every part that was swollen; I like¬ 
wise desired the farmer to give her some gruel twice in the day, 
pressing a little on the dressings with the hand while the cow drank. 
“ 19^/i ,—It was reported to me that she had swallowed a consi¬ 
derable quantity of gruel, but that a portion had escaped by the 
wound, and, especially, by the counter-opening in the dewlap. I 
removed the dressings. The wound appeared as healthy as I could 
wish—the proper degree of suppuration was established—the gra¬ 
nulations were red and prominent, but the surrounding parts still 
exhibited some inflammation. Having offered her gruel with the 
precautions previously used, the fluid passed more rapidly, and in 
greater quantity, through the natural channel. The wound was 
Aveil cleansed from the gruel that stuck about it, and dressed as be¬ 
fore. The cow seemed almost famished, and we were compelled to 
put a muzzle on her, to prevent her devouring the litter. We now 
fed her with a thin panada, which she readily swallowed, the mso- 
phagus using its natural contractions upon it. The gruel also was 
continued. 
“ I saw my patient every three or four days. The cicatrization 
