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INFLAMMATION OF THE OMASUM OF A COW, 
ASSOCIATED WITH CEREBRAL SYMPTOMS. 
DEATH. 
By J. Wood, Coleshill. 
The subject, from which the omasum sent was taken, was a 
short-horned heifer, three years old, in good condition. She 
had calved about three months, and was never known to be 
unwell until the evening previous to my seeing her. She 
was not then very much out of health, with the exception, as 
the owner said, of her having lost her milk. She gradually, 
however, got worse, and I was sent for at 9 p.m. 
June 20th.—Upon my arrival I found the following symp¬ 
toms : animal standing in a semi-comatose state, with the 
nose level with the ground, and pressing her loins against the 
wall. She was moaning, and apparently suffering great pain. 
At times she would arch the back and stretch out the tail, as 
if about to urinate. The pulse was very quick and small. 
Ears, horns, legs, and surface of body unnaturally hot. 
Conjunctival membranes injected; eyelids swollen; a flow 
of tears, and nose dry. Had not dunged since yesterday. 
I endeavoured to turn her round, but she staggered and fell 
forward on her knees. When down she extended her head, 
and thrust her muzzle into the straw, a position in which she 
seemed to be in the greatest ease to herself. My diagnosis 
was that it was a case of inflammation of the stomach, and that 
I feared an unfavorable result. Notwithstanding this opinion, 
I was requested to try what could be done, and therefore I 
first abstracted blood (from four to eight quarts), and after¬ 
wards administered a brisk cathartic, combined with a diffu¬ 
sible stimulant. This was followed by another cathartic early 
the next morning, and during the day she was liberally 
supplied with oatmeal gruel horned down. 
21st, 4 p.m.—No amendment. Pulse quicker, and nearly 
imperceptible at the jaw. Bowels constipated. Cannot rise. 
An oleaginous purgative was given, and another left to be 
administered early on the following morning. 
22d, 4 p.m.—Upon my visit to-day, I found on going into 
the box that she was lying with her head up, as if better ; 
but upon examination this opinion was at once disproved. 
The eyes were fixed, neck crooked (as if in a state of partu¬ 
rient apoplexy), and pulse thready, with every indication of a 
speedy dissolution. She continued to get worse until about 
