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the artery— the respiration accelerated, and somewhat impeded 
by the enlargement of the paunch—the eyes red and fierce—the 
animal in a state of extreme agitation—the skin dry, adherent, 
and tender, and the hair roughened. A slight pressure on the 
loins would cause the animal to fall, or nearly so. 
He vomited twice as I stood by him. Several pounds of a 
fluid glairy matter were ejected, of a sour Ibetid odour, mixed 
with particles of food—a part, grossly triturated, coming from the 
paunch, and another chymous portion proceeding from the abo¬ 
masum. 
Diagnosis. —Acute gastritis, with irritation of the abomasum and 
the oesophagean canal. The vomiting is favoured by the meteori- 
zation of the paunch, and which precedes that symptom or in¬ 
creases at its approach. 
Prognosis. —Doubtful. 
Treatment. —I spoke of bleeding, but the proprietor would not 
listen to it. A decoction of peeled barley, and the root of dog- 
grass was made, to which was added, at the close of the boiling, a 
large handful of the leaves of the orange-tree. A pint and a half 
of this was given every two hours, and, at night and morning, three 
drachms of sulphuric ether were added. 
On the 3d, in the morning, he was evidently better; the infla¬ 
tion of the paunch had disappeared, and the vomiting had ceased. 
Towards the evening of the same day the animal ruminated a 
little,—he expressed an evident desire for food, and drank a little 
gruel; but as the paunch was yet full and hard, we continued the 
medicine, the injections, and the gruel three days longer, omitting 
the ether, and giving occasional mashes, and a little good hay. 
He thus continued until the 24th, when there was an abundant 
evacuation of black and foetid excrement, a portion of it hard, and 
the rest fluid, mixed with mucus, and from that time he began in 
good earnest to recover*. 
Lastly, gastro-enteritis is occasionally terminated by the forma¬ 
tion of a tumour, and by other circumstances, sometimes of a re¬ 
markable character. The following will be a sufficient illustration. 
1 was sent for to examine an ox three years old, that was taken 
ill on the preceding evening. 
Symptoms. —Sudden and fearful loss of strength. The eyes red 
and weeping—the pulse accelerated and concentrated—the respi¬ 
ration laborious and plaintive, with grinding of the teeth—the mouth 
hot and dry, and the pituitary membrane injected—the refusal of 
food—the suspension of rumination, and the paunch hard without 
* llore is another instance of the method of playing with their patients 
of which our continental neighbours are too frequently accused. A decided 
purgative, many a day before, would have settled the business at once. 
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