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f)N CKOUP IN YOUNG CATTLE. 
^d. —The croupal rale has completely disappeared, rumination 
is re-established, and the natural spirits are returning. 
8//i.—The beast has perfectly recovered. 
Case IT.—A heifer, sixteen months old, in good condition, but 
of delicate constitution, began to cough on the 2d of May, and con¬ 
tinued without treatment until the 16th. In the afternoon of that 
day, she suddenly became worse—her spirits were gone — the 
cough had become stertorous and suffocating—the respiration labo¬ 
rious—the nostrils dilated—the mouth hot, or half open—the tongue 
lianging half way out and covered with foam, mingled with some 
albuminous flocculi—the eyes were red and fierce, and the vessels 
of the conjunctiva injected—the artery distended—the pulse acce¬ 
lerated, and the croupal rale decided. A bleeding of two kilo¬ 
grammes, or about 4^1bs. was abstracted, emollient fumigations or¬ 
dered, and gruel with honey. The animal remained composed during 
the day, but in the course of the night two fits of threatening suf¬ 
focation occurred. 
Wth. —At six o’clock in the morning, the beast was seized v/ith 
an exceedingly violent attack. The respiration was extremely 
difficult'—the cough violent—the croupal rale very strong—partial 
sweats appeared on the head and about the shoulders—the limbs 
stiffened, and by a violent effort of expectoration a false croupal 
membrane, nearly eight inches in length and five in circumference, 
was expelled. Immediately after this she lay down exhausted, 
and passed the remaining part of the day undisturbed. 
12^/i.—The difficulty of breathing has altogether disappeared— 
the appetite is returned; rumination is perfectly executed, andThe 
animal is cured. 
The false croupal membranes obtained from these animals are 
deposited in the museum of the society. They are of a pale red, 
composed of several laminae placed one upon another, and some 
portions curiously rolled upon the rest. They separate easily from 
each other; but the resistance is considerable when it is attempted 
to tear them. 
Of the causes of this disease I confess that I know very little; but 
it perhaps is not useless to remark, that croup was at that time 
very prevalent among infants, and that a great many of them died. 
Journal des Veth'inaires du Midi, Juillet 1840. 
Professor Gohier, then of the school of Lyons, and whose works 
are inferior to none in the present day, has some valuable observa¬ 
tions on CROUP. He gives an interesting account of a case of it 
in a horse. 
^^On the 12th of March, 1809, at eight o’clock in the morning. 
