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I had cautioned him against giving too much food. Another 
drink of the same kind was administered in the evening. 
On the third day another was given, and in the course of the 
day he was permitted to eat a fair quantity of food. He retained 
it, and ruminated well. The sickness did not return, but the 
animal recovered his health and condition, and was soon sent to 
his usual work. 
Case II.—M. Coste desired me to examine a cow that had 
been employed in drawing wood from the mountain. The driver 
observed that she had not her usual spirits, and no sooner was 
she released from the yoke than she began to vomit. The sick¬ 
ness continued during two hours, and she ejected a prodigious 
quantity of food. At the end of that time her belly was consider¬ 
ably diminished in size, and her flanks had quite fallen in. Be¬ 
sides this there was another symptom which surprised me much ; 
her left ear hung down as if it were suddenly paralyzed, and the 
animal was also blind on the same side. The upper eyelid was 
relaxed and engorged, but the globe of the eye was as transparent 
as in its most healthy state. The animal searched for something 
to eat, but rejected it the moment she had swallowed it. 
I administered about three pints of an infusion of peppermint, 
to which I added six drachms of camphor, dissolved in a sufficient 
quantity of vinegar. The drink remained on her stomach. Two 
hours afterwards we gave her a small portion of food : she ate it, 
but it was almost immediately returned. I then gave her the 
same quantity of infusion of peppermnit with eight drachms of 
camphor. Three hours afterwards we gave her a little more hay. 
She ate it eagerly, and ruminated once. At the expiration of ano¬ 
ther three hours more food was given to her, but it was rejected 
within ten minutes after it had reached the paunch. At night a 
third drink was given, and soon afterwards a little hay. It was 
eaten and well ruminated. 
On the morrow a little more food was given to her at her first 
meal; a quarter of an hour had scarcely passed when a small 
portion of it was returned by vomit. A drink, resembling those 
of the preceding day, was administered ; and at the expiration of 
four hours food was set before her, which she ate, and was sick 
no more. 
I often went to see her after this ; her ear resumed its natural 
position, and her eye recovered its perfect sensibility to light. I 
should have observed that I had not employed any medical means 
to either the one or the other. During the disease the incisor 
teeth became black and loose : the fanner thought that the medi¬ 
cine had caused this. I could not be of that opinion, although I 
confessed that I was not able to account for the circumstance. 
