THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. XXV, 
No. 297. 
SEPTEMBER, 1852. 
Third Series, 
No. 57. 
PHTHISIS PULMONALIS. 
By Willtam Gavin, M.R.C.V.S., Malton, York. 
The subject, from which the tumour I sent you was taken, 
was a cow, three years old, very emaciated, and in calf. I 
saw her first on the 17th of May, when, in addition to the 
emaciation, she presented a tympanitic abdomen, an arched 
spine, bent to the left side, hurried breathing, rather op¬ 
pressed ; had been purchased two days before, and kept all 
the winter in a straw-yard, which was stated to be the cause 
of the poor condition. I pronounced the animal unwell; but, 
as the heat (which was great) and the flies might account for 
the symptoms, if only temporary, I ordered her to be taken 
up,” and looked to. I was requested to see her on the 11th 
of June; she had calved a very small calf two days before, 
and presented the same appearance as when I first saw her, 
with a good deal of fever, consequent on parturition. The 
most urgent symptom was the distension of the paunch, 
which had never been absent from my first seeing her, and 
was now, if anything, increased. To relieve it, I had a trocar 
inserted into the stomach, and left there. The bowels were 
very irritable. 23d. A good deal better, as far as eating, 
milking, &c., is concerned ; but it is impossible to remove 
the trocar, for five minutes, without having her instantly 
hoven; the back is kept in the same position as at first, but 
not bent so much to the left side. July 17th. Increased 
emaciation, no milk, faeces still liquid, the spine and paunch 
in the same state, eats well. 24th. Died last night. Since 
the previous state, the trocar has not been inserted : ate well 
to the last. She coughed extremely seldom during the whole 
period of her illness. 
'Post-mortem .—The abdominal cavity contained more than 
a normal quantity of fluid, of a dark greenish-yellow colour; 
the paunch was full of grass, and perfectly healthy, as like¬ 
wise were the other stomachs, and small and large intestines; 
the liver congested and very dark-coloured, but without any 
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