TRANSLATIONS FROM CONTINENTAL JOURNALS. 687 
Symptoms .—Loss of appetite, suspended rumination, red¬ 
ness of the mucous membranes, meteorization, which be¬ 
comes intense in a very short time, resisting the adminis¬ 
tration of ether and ammonia, and is only relieved by a 
puncture of the rumen, but it soon returns if the tube is 
taken out or the opening closed, threatening asphyxia, from 
eight to twenty-four, or even forty-eight hours after the debut 
of the malady, which, of course, would cause death to super¬ 
vene, if exit were not given to the gas, either by the pressure 
on the lungs or increasing the inflammation of the mucous 
membrane of the stomach. 
To these symptoms must be added pain, evinced by 
pressure given to the rumen, and this is more marked during 
the meteorization; the patient moans, is anxious, and looks 
towards the abdomen. During the decubitus the moaning in¬ 
creases, and the respiration is more impeded; the animal 
turns its head more frequently towards the seat of pain, and 
when the sufferings increase, lays its head on the manger, 
while the hind legs are extended on the litter; twitching, too, 
is often observed. Towards the eighth, tenth, and fifteenth 
day after the attack, there is a tendency of the malady be¬ 
coming chronic, notwithstanding the best treatment being 
adopted; in which case the appetite becomes capricious, rumi¬ 
nation takes place only at intervals, and the tympanitis per¬ 
sists, and is less intense. 
From the above-described symptoms the author feels him¬ 
self justified in designating it a variety of gastritis (gastrite 
intense). This malady, according to Yitet, as given in the 
dictionary of H. d’Arboval, resembles the one just described. 
When abandoned to the efforts of nature, the prognosis of 
this malady is very grave in the cow, as the effect of the 
meteorization may cause abortion when in calf, the conse¬ 
quences of which are more or less dangerous. The author 
has never observed any symptoms of cerebral complication, 
owing, he thinks, to the treatment he adopted, from which 
the beneficial effect was very quick. 
The duration of the disease, notwithstanding the most 
assiduous attention, is from three to twenty-four days. The 
causes are bad w 7 ater and forage, principally sandy hay; cer¬ 
tain drugs given in large doses, such as nitre. The malady 
sometimes developes itself after acute laminitis. Other 
causes, no doubt, exist, with which we are not acquainted. 
The treatment consists in calming the irritation of the 
gastric organs, and puncturing of the rumen to remove the 
meteorization, which is frequently excessive, even before the 
practitioner is sent for. The tube must be left in for some 
