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CASES OF FINDING EXTRANEOUS BODIES IN THE 
COW, DOG, AND PIG. 
By George Murray, Veterinary Student. 
Case I.—A Brass Pin discovered in a Cow’s Heart. 
The following is the case referred to in my letter of the 7th 
instant: — 
On the 15th of January last I went, by the request of Mr. W. 
Taylor, of Cheriton, to see a four-year-old cow, belonging to him, 
that was in an unthriving condition, and had been refusing her 
food for a month or six weeks previous. The following symptoms 
presented themselves on my arrival at the house in which the cow 
was tied:— 
She was continually making a moaning noise, as if in consider¬ 
able pain. The roots of her horns were unnaturally hot; muzzle 
rather dry; visible mucous membranes slightly injected; breath¬ 
ing very much oppressed. The jugular and all the other super¬ 
ficial veins were enormously distended; the pulse imperceptible 
behind the elbow and at the jaw; faeces small in quantity, but 
natural as to consistence. By auscultation I could not detect the 
least respiratory murmur in the lungs, from which, and the breath¬ 
ing, I was inclined to think there might be water in the cavity of 
the chest. She seemed more inclined to lie down than to be in a 
standing posture; and when down appeared pretty easy, but still 
made the grunting noise in breathing. 
I at once determined on bleeding her; and so full and hard 
were the jugular veins, that I bled her with perfect ease without 
either cording or otherwise compressing them. The instant I 
struck the fleam the blood spirted out as if I had spiled a cask of 
porter that had been lying in the sun, and continued running in 
this manner until she began to grow faint, which she did after I 
had abstracted about five quarts; and even then I was obliged to 
put two pins through the orifice to restrain the blood, so great was 
the force with which it was expelled. I could feel the beat of the 
heart after this, but not distinctly enough to take the pulse. I next 
gave her a drench, consisting of mag. sulph. lbj, sulphur, lbss, 
Zingib. rad. ^iij, and left her for the night, with directions that if 
she got worse to let me know. 
The distance being six miles from Penrice to Cheriton, I heard 
no more of her until the 22d, when Mr. Taylor came here again. 
He said, the drench never opened her bowels; but that she ate a little 
better after what had been done to her; but had now fallen off in 
her appetite more than ever. I went back with Mr. Taylor, and 
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