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day she voided a considerable quantity of f 0 eces, and on the 8th of 
May was quite well. 
Case IV.—On the 31st of January 1827, an ox, four years old, 
in good condition, and that had been ill two days, was brought to 
me. The appetite was gone—rumination had ceased—he was con¬ 
stipated—the urine was in its natural state—the mouth was hot— 
the tongue red, and the paunch hard and slightly enlarged—the 
pulse was concentrated, accelerated, and the artery distended—■ 
the respiration was frequent, and the breath hot: there were 
plaintive lowings, and grinding of the teeth—the muzzle was 
dry—the mucous membranes injected—the eyes filled with tears— 
the ears cold, the coat staring—great sensibility in the dorso-spinal 
region—and symptoms of occasional and intense colic. 
This inflammation of the gastro-intestinal mucous membrane 
was caused by a too copious meal, rapidly and furtively taken, from 
a heap of cabbage-stalks and leaves. The serious character of the 
disease rendered my prognosis doubtful. Six pounds of blood 
were abstracted from the jugular, and two emollient injections ad¬ 
ministered. Drinks of the decoction of barley and linseed with 
gum Senegal were administered—emollient cataplasms were ap¬ 
plied to the belly—friction was employed on the loins and sides— 
and the animal was well clothed. 
Feb. ^d .—None of the symptoms were essentially changed, 
although the animal appeared to have slightly improved. A se¬ 
cond bleeding of 5 lbs. was effected, and the same medicine, in¬ 
jections, &c. continued. 
6/A.—Very little change. The same treatment continued, with 
the addition of Glauber’s salts to the drinks. 
1th. —The countenance of the patient had brightened, and the 
muzzle was covered with dew. The pulse, however, was hard 
and accelerated. Some liquid excrement, mingled with mucus, 
was discharged with the return of the injections, but the consti¬ 
pation remained. The animal still refused to eat, and the cessa¬ 
tion of rumination and the hardness of the paunch continued. I 
abstracted 3lbs. of blood from the thoracic veins, and applied a 
large sinapism under the belly, in order to cause some metastasis 
of inflammation. My treatment, otherwise, continued the same. 
9/A.—The sinapism had produced a large and thick swelling, 
which I scarified, and about 4 lbs. of blood escaped. The enlarge¬ 
ment of the paunch had somewhat diminished, and the injections 
had brought away some excrement, soft, of the most noisome 
smell, and mixed with a considerable quantity of mucus. The 
patient had very much lost condition. The same treatment con¬ 
tinued, except that the laxative drinks were alternated with drinks 
of warm milk, mixed witli olive-oil. 
