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ON DISEASED OVARIES, WITH ASCITES & OBSTINATE 
CONSTIPATION OF THE MANIPLUS IN A COW. 
Mr. Joseph Carlisle, Wigfon, Cumberland. 
On the 22d of September I was requested to attend a four- 
years-old cow, between the short horn and Irish breed, and three 
months gone with calf, belonging to Mr. Clark, of Bushgill 
Head, near this town. 
The symptoms were as follow : pulse 63, and feeble; respira¬ 
tion accelerated; the vessels of the conjunctiva very much in¬ 
jected, and great abdominal distention. The roots of the horns 
and the extremities indicated intermitting fever: she was conti¬ 
nually looking round to her sides; there was a singular curvature 
of the lumbar region of the spine; a peculiar snatching up of 
the hind legs; the urine was scanty, muddy, and, when voided, 
it was with considerable pain ; there seemed also to be occasional 
colic pains, and the bowels had not acted for the last two 
days. 
Treatment .—My first and grand object was to overcome the 
constipated state of the stomachs and bowels, and, therefore, I 
gave her twelve ounces of the Epsom salts, with a drachm of the 
farina of the croton nut, two drachms of ginger, and an ounce 
of the spirit of nitrous ether. By the aid of an enema syringe 
I also injected six quarts of warm water, in which I had previ¬ 
ously dissolved a pound of the sulphate of soda. The injection 
was accomplished with considerable difficulty, and the cow 
evidenced great pain during the operation, and made several 
attempts to force it back. We, however, managed to have it 
retained for a considerable time, and, when ejected, it brought 
away a quantity of slime, but no faeces. I abstracted about 
three quarts of blood, when the animal unexpectedly exhibited 
symptoms of syncope. 1 ordered a rug to be laid on her back, 
a free allowance of tepid water and gruel, and to be well bedded 
down with litter. 
23^/.—Pulse 68, and of a feeble character; no inclination to 
feed ; the abdomen distended ; the respiration laborious; great 
depression ; and the bowels still obstinately constipated. I ad¬ 
ministered a quart of castor oil, fifty minims of croton oil, two 
ounces of jalap, and an ounce of the spirit of nitrous ether ; I 
also threw up another injection. A quantity of slime came 
away, but no faecal matter. I ordered her to be drenched several 
times during the day with gruel and melted butter. 
24^/t.—A messenger arrived for more medicine, as the bow’cls 
had not acted, and there was little alteration in the symptoms. 
