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ON ABDOMINAL DISEASE IN THE OX 
AND THE HORSE. 
Having once made a start, anxiety to relieve myself of an¬ 
other portion of the obligation which I feel has been the cause of 
my resuming my pen thus early ; for, really, the more I think of it, 
the greater the obligation appears which myself, and (doubtless) 
many others of your readers, lie under : nay, I may say the whole 
profession ; for you have, by catering for all, deserved the thanks 
of all (even though some viands of your provision have not beeii 
palatable to every one who has tasted thereof, and though there 
may be some who, having partaken to satiety from other sources, 
have not needed your supply); and I trust many who have, like 
mvself, durino; the last five vears, imbibed knowledo’e from the 
stock of others, will, for conscience sake, turn to in earnest, and, 
by inundating you with matter, oblige you to publish a weekly 
number, or a much larger one monthly. I shall now send you 
some more of my unusual cases, call them what you like; and be¬ 
lieve me to be, your obliged well-wisher, 
A Veterinary Surgeon. 
CASE I. 
lujiammation of the Mucous Membrane of the Intestines 
of an Ox. 
A yearling bullock, in good condition, was observed to be 
amiss, and purging, but still continued to feed with the herd. 
He was taken to house, and within two days had IJlb. of Glau¬ 
ber’s salt given, under the idea that he had a “ stoppage of the 
fardel bag.” I was then consulted, and'sent cordial tonic me¬ 
dicine, directing that he should have gruel given to him at inter¬ 
vals, and that he should be kept quiet. Two days afterwards I was 
requested to see him, when he discharged yellow liquid and 
mucus, but no dung. The pulse was quick, but no other appear¬ 
ance of fever, nor any pain : he lies down continually; when 
raised, walks very weakly; was observed to stale freely ; will not 
eat, but drinks a little cold water. He continued about the same, 
without any visible effect from the medicines prescribed, until 
the eighth day, when he died. I saw him opened on the next 
morning. The heart was much inflamed and tender ; liver exter¬ 
nally brown, internally of a bright yellow, with a spongy appear¬ 
ance throughout; gall-bladder distended with bile of the con¬ 
sistence of treacle; the paunch and lardcl bag, or third stomach, 
full, but without any appearance of disease; the bowels curiously 
