CALCULI IN THE KIDNEY. 
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attended her, but never having met with a similar case I 
thought it might interest your readers. I enclose with the 
calculi one of the kidneys, which you will perceive contains 
several small calculi and a large number of cvsts. 
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The kidney from which the calculi were taken was very 
much enlarged and indurated, weighing about seven pounds. 
It contained here and there an abscess tilled with pus, and one 
larger than the rest filled with discoloured serum. 
I first saw the cow about a fortnight since, and was informed 
by the herdsman that she had not been thriving quite so fast 
as the others for some time past. She was labouring under 
diarrhoea. I told them to place her in a shed and give her 
a little flour gruel for a day or two, which they did. The 
diarrhoea ceasing, she was turned out again, being supposed 
be all right. On Tuesday, the 27th of May, the owner, how¬ 
ever, came to me, saying the cow had a stoppage. I gave him 
an aperient drench, and on the following day I was requested 
to see her, as she was no better. 
On examination I was rather puzzled to account for her 
symptoms, and told the owner I could not satisfy my mind 
as to the precise nature of the case, but that 1 fancied it 
would terminate badly. The peculiar symptoms were these. 
The tongue was protruding from the mouth to the extent of 
about four inches, without there being any apparent local 
cause for this ; there was almost a continual trembling of 
it and also of the facial muscles; great tenderness was evinced 
on pressure to the abdomen, and the pulse was scarcely per¬ 
ceptible, either at the jaw or tail; the extremities were cold, 
and the respiration slow and deep, but the countenance not 
expressive of much suffering. 
The animal would drink, but refused all food. Finding 
the rectum occupied with hardened faeces, I removed these 
by the use of an enema and gave her an aperient, combined 
with a mild diffusible stimulant. 
The next morning the ears and legs were much warmer 
and the symptoms somewhat relieved, but as no action of 
the bowels had taken place, the enema and aperient were con¬ 
tinued. 
Although similar means were adopted each day, we could 
not get the bowels to act. This was the more singular, as 
after death the contents both of the bowels and stomachs were 
found in a soft, pultaceous state. All these viscera were 
also healthy, but the epithelium easily separated from the 
mucous membrane, both of the rumen and omasum. The 
kidneys, as previously said, were very much diseased, but there 
was nothing peculiar to be observed in the condition of her 
urine. 
