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adhesions just mentioned. When completely eviscerated, 
the abdominal cavity of this large animal seemed capacious 
enough to accommodate a small family. 
I would here state, that by the side of the animal just 
examined, lay an imported Dutch cow, which had died the 
night previous. She was imported in 1857, and had been 
sick since last June. On my first visit, October 26th, my 
attention was called to this cow. She was then standing by 
the side of another Dutch cow, which was imported in 1855. 
The former of these two was w ith calf by a celebrated Dutch 
bull, and the owner was desirous to keep her, if possible, 
until March next, her time of calving; but she w 7 as another 
victim to this tuberculous disease. On examination of this 
cow, the lungs were found to be a broken-down mass of dis¬ 
ease and adhering to the pleura costalis throughout their 
whole surface. They were almost black in colour, and in the 
anterior and inferior portion of the right lung there was a 
large cavity, which had doubtless existed for a very long 
period, as it contained much offensive, streaky, black-and- 
green pus. The liver also presented extensive disease. The 
intestines too w r ere discoloured. This, however, may I think 
be attributed to the animal’s lying for tw T enty-four hours 
after death before examination. The one spoken of as stand¬ 
ing by her side is still living, and well. 
During my visits to the mammoth cow my attention w r as 
called to an aged cow, of the Durham breed, w r hich my in¬ 
formant told me was as severely attacked as any he had seen 
among the herd. On examination, she exhibited the same 
symptoms as those I have before described, viz., the quick, 
small pulse; injected mucous surfaces ; quick and laboured 
respiration; tight skin; staring coat; sunken eye; consti¬ 
pated bowels; loss of appetite ; the same sighing and grunt¬ 
ing ; the surface of the body and extremities cold; rumination 
and appetite suspended. 
I had the animal warmly covered, gave a diffusible sti¬ 
mulant, inserted setons in the chest on both sides, and 
ordered her to be well supplied w-ith w r arm drinks. On the 
following day I gave a gentle aperient, which w 7 as followed 
by tonics and stimulants. In a few days she was conva¬ 
lescent, and is now apparently w r ell. 
I w r as informed that she had before exhibited slight 
symptoms of the disease, and had mustard poultices applied 
to her sides, which w r ere supposed to have checked its pro¬ 
gress for a time. This cow is the only surviving one of five 
which w r ere purchased in the State of New York, and had 
never been housed until brought to this place. 
