DISEASES OF THE UlllNARY OlUiANS IN CATTLE. 87 
Sept. Ydt/i, 1839.—I was requested to attend a five-year-old 
milch cow, the property of Loom Taylor, Esq., of Starston. She 
had not fed well for a day or two previously, and yielded much less 
milk than usual; her pulse was depressed; her breathing accele¬ 
rated ; the nose cold, and slightly bedewed; the ears and legs very 
cold: still she ruminated, but did not lick herself; and, in fact, her 
whole appearance wanted health. 
I administered Ibj magnes. sulphat., and jss pulv. zingib.,to which 
her bowels readily responded. 
20M.—Her extremities warmer; appetite improved, but the 
breathing still too quick : gave her jij pulv. gentianae, and jj potas. 
carb. in gruel. 
21sL—Still improving; ruminating; licking herself, and yield¬ 
ing more milk: continued tonic powder as yesterday, and one left 
for the 23d. 
236/.—I received intelligence that the cow was much worse. 
On my arrival, the person who fed her told me that he had noticed 
clots of blood following the evacuation of urine, and had subsequently 
caught some for my inspection. The appearance of the cow was 
evidently worse: there was great anxiety of countenance, and she 
was frequently looking round to one side or the other; the pulse 50, 
and small; breathing quick and irregular; nose dry, and ears cold. 
The superficial part of the urine was of a sherry colour, but the se¬ 
diment was like the white of an egg, interspersed with dark clots 
of blood. It was suggested by the steward, that she had received 
injury {per xaginarn) from the bull six weeks previously; but I found 
on examination the os uteri closed, and covered with a healthy 
secretion, the vagina lubricated with healthy mucus: I therefore felt 
saiisfied that the blood, &c. proceeded from the bladder or kidneys. 
1 abstracted eight pints of blood, ordered plenty of decoctum lini, 
gruel, &c., and gave 33 pulv. opii., jj potas. carb., and Jj p. gent., 
twice a-day. 
24/4.—No apparent alteration, excepting constipation of the 
bowels. I gave a saline aperient, continued the linseed, &c. and 
ordered a little green second-crop clover to be cut into chaff with 
some old hay. In the evening 1 repeated the powder as yesterday. 
25/A.—She had given but a pint and a half of milk the previous 
evening, and was not at all improved. I administered the powder 
with opium, &c. twice in the day. 
26/A.—The discharge was not so great, and less blood in })ro- 
portion. I persisted in the use of the medicine. 
27/A.—Mucli better; more lively; fed with appetite, ami was 
anxious to join her companions. 1 recpiested that slie sliould be 
turned into the bleach two hours during sunshine : while there she 
fed ravenously. 
