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writers ; but my recollection prompted me that Mr. B. Clark has 
somewhere informed us that he sent across the wide Atlantic 
ocean for a helpmate in his great undertakings; this then being 
the case, if we make the usual allowance for the conceit met with 
in those who fancy no one can or is equal to compete with them, 
and throw in the additional motives when employed expressly for 
the purpose, we must all cease to marvel; for do we not find 
that there is no cause, be it ever so bad, but an advocate can 
easily be found to defend it; ay, even of the worst description 
at the Old Bailey! I remain, Gentlemen, 
Your’s, obliged, &c. 
B. Hart. 
May 14, 1831. 
CASE OF PHRENITIS IN A COW; AND CURIOUS 
TREATMENT OF HERNIA IN A MARE. 
By Mr . Proctor, Solihull . 
A cow, four years old, the property of Mr. Whitting, was 
seized with inflammation of the brain on the 9th of May. I saw 
her at eleven o’clock at night, and learned that she had been 
dull and unwell for the two preceding days. 
Symptoms .—Considerable beating of the temporal and caro¬ 
tid arteries; costiveness; the urine small in quantity; inability 
to hold her head up, except that at times she would dash her 
head about, and against the wall; frequently resting her head 
hard on the manger; total loss of sight of the off* eye, and both 
appearing much affected; the front and back of the head ex¬ 
tremely hot, while sometimes the horns and ears would be in¬ 
tensely cold; a jerking and snatching commencing in the head 
and neck, and extending thence over the body ; respiration 
much disturbed; great flow of frothy saliva from the mouth, 
accompanied with grinding of the teeth; refusal to eat or drink, 
although tried in many ways. I bled her copiously that night, 
and gave her one pound of Epsom salts and tw o ounces of nitre, 
in a large quantity of warm water. 
10 th. —No better. I inserted a large setononeach side of the 
head, blistered the front and back of the head, and gave an 
ounce of aloes in solution. At night she had eight ounces of 
Epsom salts and two drachms of aloes. I stimulated the spine 
oi the neck, and ordered plenty of gruel and warm water. No 
appetite. 
1 Ith. —Not much better: the setons and blisters act well; 
bowels slightly opened ; urine in small quantities and almost 
like blood. I bled largely, and gave an ounce of aloes and a 
drachm of digitalis in solution. 
