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PLEURO-PNEUMONIA IN CATTLE. 
I ordered a gentle aperient to be given of infusion of 
thorough wort [Eupatorium perfoliatuiri), a remedy very highly- 
valued in this country in the treatment of cattle, as a 
cathartic, with Pulv. Zingib. and molasses. Plugged their 
dewlaps with garget root {Phytolacca decandra) — another 
Yankee remedy—and ordered warm drinks and a moderate 
diet. 
November 15th.—The bowels of both are responding to 
the medicine, otherwise there is but little change in either. 
Gave tonics combined with stimulants, in small doses, three 
times a day, interposing an occasional aperient, as above de¬ 
scribed, and continued this treatment until the 29th, when 
I pronounced them both rapidly recovering. 
The heifer was, however, the subject of a malignant 
disease (carcinoma) in the right eye, which had destroyed 
the sight and also turned the eye out of its orbit, and 
likewise obstructed the nasal passage on that side. As 
there was no hope of her recovery from this disease, the 
owner wished her destroyed. This was deferred to a fair day, 
the weather now being very cold, and also to enable me to 
notify Drs. Saunders and Thayer to be present. 
On Friday, December 2d, Mr. Chenery called to inform 
me that the mammoth cow, “Lady Washington/ 5 -was sick 
with the distemper, and wished me to visit her immediately. 
I went accordingly, accompanied by Dr. Saunders, and 
meeting with Dr. Thayer there, I examined the animal, which 
I will now describe. She was six years old, of the pure 
Durham breed, and measured as follows : from the occiput 
to the tuberosity of the ischium, nine feet; girth around the 
brisket, eight feet eight inches; height, five feet four inches 
(sixteen hands); and weighed 3260 lbs. She gave birth to a 
calf two days before. She had, as I was informed, been 
delicate in her feeding since the Sunday previous. 
On the morning after calving, the following drench was 
given her: 
Infusion of Tkorougkwort, Oij; 
Sulph. Magnesia, ^viij; 
Pulv. Zingib., ; 
Molasses, ^iv. 
Upon examination, the following symptoms were pre¬ 
sented : pulse rapid and oppressed, the artery having a pe¬ 
culiar vibrating or double action under the finger. Respira¬ 
tions 36; sighing during inspiration, grunting on expiration. 
There was also a kind of subsultus, or spasmodic twitching 
of the involuntary muscles about the chest. The rumination 
had ceased; the appetite was lost; she drank but little; the 
