G9G AUGMENTED SALIVARY SECRETION. 
to a cow, which was said to be constantly slavering, and 
more so when she was ruminating. The symptoms were,— 
one eye half closed, caused by inability to raise the eyelid; 
the ear, on the same side, hanging down; and likewise the 
upper lip on the' same side. It was evidently an attack of 
paralysis which was the cause of these appearances. The 
treatment was,—blisters applied round the base of the ear, &c., 
and laxative medicine given. In a month she appeared well. 
Mr Docksey, of Kniveton, had one, the symptoms of which 
were just the same, and the same treatment answered in this 
case. 
Mr. Stafford, of Kniveton, had likewise a cow in the same 
way. Although, however, the same treatment was adopted 
as in the other cases, and setons also were inserted, &c., she 
never recovered: her eyelid and ear, and side of her lip, re¬ 
mained down, and she continually kept slavering, until, at 
last, I lost sight of her. 
Mr. Yates, of Brailsford, had a mare, last winter, in which 
the saliva ran out of the mouth in a most astonishing manner. 
The cause I found to be a slight attack of paralysis on one 
side of the upper lip. 
In the summer of 1845, Mr. Needham, of the Paddock- 
house, directed my attention to a cow, that had been slavering 
for upwards of nine months previous. Gallons of saliva 
might be caught in the course of twenty-four hours. I 
examined this cow over and over again, but never could find 
any apparent cause for the morbid secretion. She had milked 
well the greater part of the time, and had never failed in her 
appetite. Although she had become very poor, she was sold 
to a slink butcher. I had not an opportunity of making a 
post-mortem examination. The person that opened her could 
discover “ nothing the matter/’ 
Mr. Hall, of Waterfall, had a cow, in the spring of 1S49, 
which presented the symptoms of the case last described. 
She had been amiss about a month. 
Treatment .—A gentle purge was first given. Afterwards, 
an occasional stimulant and tonic were administered; and the 
region of the parotid and submaxillary glands well blistered; 
and this was repeated. She ultimately recovered. 
I could relate other cases, wherein I have seen a morbid 
secretion of saliva, without any apparent cause. Yours, &c. 
W. COX, M.R.C.V.S. 
P.S. I suppose, from the silence of your correspondents, 
all has been said that can be, on the subject of Firing horses. 
I have heard a whisper that deep firing is coming into dis- 
