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natives. On the 3d we saw her. She had then the follow¬ 
ing symptoms :—Pulse very slow and weak ; membranes a 
little injected ; skin, horns, ears, legs, &c., of natural heat, 
though she felt hot in the mouth ; nose dry; milk was nearly 
gone ; she would eat, and drink a little. She remained 
about the same as above described up to the 8th, when she 
became much worse. The lead had evidently been absorbed 
into the system. There was stertorous breathing at intervals, 
coma, &c., reeling about like a drunken man; and sometimes 
she would push against the wall with all her might, and for 
about twenty-four hours previous to her death she would fall 
down very often, as if shot through the head with a ball, and 
rise again immediately. On the eleventh day from the eating 
of the paint she died, notwithstanding the most active treat¬ 
ment was pursued. Constipation had never been allowed to 
take place. I made a post-mortem examination, Mr. Cox 
having other engagements. All the internal viscera appeared 
healthy, except the stomach and intestines, and in them the 
disease was confined to the mucous membranes. The internal 
coat of the rumen and abomasum was of a leaden colour, and 
peeled off with the slightest touch. The villous coat of the 
intestines was diseased more in the form of patches. Mr. Cox 
tells me he has met with many cases of poisoning with lead, or 
rather the salts of lead, and that the symptoms, termination, and 
post-mortem appearances are generally about the same as the 
case l have just narrated. He once attended four cows in one 
dairy that died in one week, which were poisoned with red lead. 
I have omitted to say, that the visible mucous membranes of the 
cow were blanched before she died. 
Ashbourn, March 12, 1852. 
DISEASE FOLLOWED BY RUPTURE OF THE LIVER. 
By “A Student ” at the Royal Veterinary College. 
Sir, —I HA.VE just perused the practically-interesting Case 
of Ramollissement and Rupture of the Liver recorded by 
Mr. Paradise in this month’s number of The VETERINARIAN. 
I thought that, perhaps, a short account of a similar case brought 
into the infirmary of this institution yesterday might not prove 
altogether uninteresting to your readers. 
The subject of the disease was a very aged brown horse, 
used regularly for carriage work up to Sunday last, when, 
while at work, without any warning, he suddenly fell down, 
dragging with himself his companion, who is now under treat- 
