DEATH OF A MARE AND COW FROM EATING WHEAT. 7 
slightly so at the chest. Give purging medicine combined with 
stimulants. 
12 M.—Has lain down at times, and occasionally gets up, 
and purges slop and wheat, which is offensive. 
3 P.M. —Give spt. am. aromat. Jij. 
5 P.M. —Repeat spt. am. aromat. %j. 
7 P.M. —About the same; is cold; purges one to two quarts 
of wheat about every two hours. 
8 P.M. —Gave opii 9ij; she was easier after it. 
10 P.M. —Introduced my arm up the rectum, after she had 
been dunging wheat, and drew out a good deal more. The gut 
was slimy, and had a velvety feel. Lies down after purging, 
and then her breathing becomes easier; but when she wants to 
‘purge she grows rather uneasy. I think she is warm. Eyes 
much sunk. Never lifts her legs towards her belly, or rolls. 
Give spt. am. aromat. 5j. 
11 P.M. —About the same. Voids more wheat. Give opii 
9j, goose oil Oss. Pulse very quick and small. Has never 
thrust her head towards the wall. 
25th, 1 A.M. —Is easier. 
2£ a.m.— Moans. Nose dry. Give plenty of gruel. Lies 
down a good deal. 
4 P.M. —About the same. Has not dunged for three hours ; 
has stood up since last date, but is now down; puts her head 
now and then to her side. Nose dry; ears generally cold. 
Give gruel and keep her warm. 
6. —About the same; has not dunged since. Is sometimes 
better and worse. Give gruel, and ^iv spt. amnion, aromat. 
Nose dry. Moans and eructates after the medicine. 
7. —Is much better ; every symptom is favorable; is warm ; 
breathing calmer. Abdomen not all distended, and the purging 
is not so frequent. She likewise looks more lively, and seems 
decidedly better, so much so that every one now thinks she will 
get well. A sad mishap, however, has now befallen her; viz. 
on going to the cow-house to look at her, I saw her coming, 
walking firmly up the croft from the pit, where she had blown 
her sides out very freely with water. She had dunged a large 
quantity of wheat at the pit. All this was occasioned by the 
shameful neglect of some one having gone to look at her, who 
had left the door open. From this time she gradually got worse, 
and sank and died in the course of the night. I did not see 
her opened, but I was informed that there was some little wheat 
in her stomach, and a good deal in the intestines. 
