6 DEATH OF A MARE AND COW FROM EATING WHEAT. 
5 P.M. —Repeat spt. ammon. arom. 5j. Seems duller: eye¬ 
lids red ; nostrils blackish. 
7 P.M —Getting worse; in pain ; looks at her side ; lame on 
the off hind leg; appears stiff; breathes shorter; bowels have 
been rumbling now and then. Give ammon. carb. 3ij in some 
gruel. Took two quarts of blood, which was black, and could 
scarcely be extracted. She is uneasy and sighs; ears and 
legs have been warmer, but they are getting colder. Looks at 
her sides. 
11 P.M. —Much worse. Lay down for a short time; breaks 
wind a good deal when down; respiration short; pulse in¬ 
distinct, and scarcely to be counted. In much pain. Blister the 
abdomen. 
11£ P.M. —Down ; lies easy ; never thrusts her head, when 
standing up, against the wall or anywhere else, as in stomach 
staggers. 
2 5th, 1 A.M. —Has been uneasy, getting up and down. No¬ 
ticed now, for the first time, some slight eructations of air, and 
twitchings about the esophagus and breast. Nothing yet of 
solid has been voided. Has never sweated. Lies on the left 
side, and looks towards chest, with her nose against it. When 
she gets up, it gives her great pain in her fore leg and off hind 
horn or leg. The off hind leg is very ho.t, the other cold. 
2i A.M. —Has been very restless, and falling about. Hair can 
be pulled out of her mane, tail, and body, in any quantity. One 
would think, from the rumbling of the bowels, she would purge 
every minute. Died about 6 o’clock, in dreadful agony. 
Examination. —There was but little wheat, or any thing else, 
in the stomach, and yet it was a good deal inflamed. The large 
intestines had a good deal of wheat in them, and a great quan¬ 
tity of chaff, sand, and dirt, and they were highly inflamed. I 
believe that in one part of the small intestines there was stran¬ 
gulation. 
CASE of the Cow. —She is ten years old, and two months 
off calving. She ate the wheat on the night of the 21st August, 
was unwell on the morning of the 22d, and gave no milk 
throughout the day, nor did she eat any thing. Was seen 
drinking w r ater at the pit. 
23 d .—This morning she was seen standing under the hedge, 
and would noteat. She now purged large quantities of swelled 
wheat and water, and it continued to come from her once or 
twice in the day. Nothing was done to either her or the mare. 
24^A August, 8 A.M. —I saw her for the first time. She is 
easy. Nearly a quarter (not 8 measures) of swelled corn came 
from her whilst I was looking at her; breathes at times rather 
short; ears and horns cold; pulse not to be felt at the jaw, 
