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REVIEW.—CATTLE PATHOLOGY. 
13^A.—I could not again see my patient until to-day. He was 
very weak and emaciated. The pulse, nevertheless, was full and 
strong. It had eaten a little good hay, drunk some gruel, and had 
ruminated during a few minutes. The excrement was small in 
quantity, but exceedingly noisome. It Avas also black, more fluid 
than natural, and containing a considerable quantity of mucus. 
14^A.—For the first time a copious evacuation, without the aid 
of medicine, took place, but it was black and fcetid to the highest 
possible degree. 
From this moment the patient began to improve, and gradually 
returned to his usual food, but it was not until the spring of the 
year that he regained his former health and condition*. 
Simple acute gastro-enteritis sometimes presents itself with cer¬ 
tain epiphtnomena —symptoms which appear in the course of the 
disease, and which indicate the viscus which is principally af¬ 
fected. A case or two Avill illustrate this. If there is considerable 
inflammation of the abomasum, it will be indicated by vomiting 
to a greater or less degree. 
On December 2, 1811,* I saw a calf two years old that had 
frequently vomited during the last tw’o days. It was in good 
condition, and had been fed in the stable on hay and straw. Oc¬ 
casionally, when the weather Avas fine, it was turned into the field. 
There was no apparent cause of the disease by Avhich it became 
affected. 
The first symptoms of illness Avere the refusal of food and drink, 
and the expression in the countenance of severe pain. On the 
first day the paunch w'as considerably enlarged, and vomiting took 
place. This phenomenon, ahvays preceded by distention of the 
rumen, often occurred in the course of the night, and constipation 
prevailed from the very commencement: nevertheless, in spite of 
the disgust of food and the extreme anxiety of the animal, the 
patient ruminated for some short space of time in the intervals 
between the vomiting. 
On the second day all the symptoms materially increased; and 
on the third, when I first saw the patient, the rumen was full and 
hard—the mouth hot and red—the tongue red at its borders and 
point. He obstinately refused all food and drink, and had ceased 
to ruminate. The constipation continued—the urine Avas small in 
quantity, and thick—the pulse quick and small, Avith distention of 
* We can nowhere find a better illustration of the manner in which the 
French practitioners, even such as Professor Gelle himself, play with their 
patients. An English veterinarian would have settled the business in half 
the time, although now and then, perhaps, he would have made more haste 
than good speed, and have committed unnecessary murder. Much may be 
said on both sides.—E d. 
