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be suffering from very violent abdominal pain. She was 
constantly lying down and plunging about, the rumen tympa¬ 
nitic to a very great extent, the pulse about 90, and the 
blood-vessels in a highly congested state. 
From the symptoms present, I thought she must be la¬ 
bouring under the effects of some vegetable poison. On in¬ 
quiry, I found that there was a yew tree in the field, and I 
soon discovered traces of a cow having been there, and some 
of the small branches broken off. 
To reduce the inflated state of the rumen, I gave— 
Sodre Carbonas, ^ij, et 01. Tereb., ^iv; 
which in a great measure had the desired effect. 
I then bled her, but could only abstract about 2 lbs. of 
blood, which flowed very slowly and was of a very dark 
colour. 
As she still continued in pain, I gave a cathartic drench, 
composed as follows: 
Mag. Sulph., ; 
Flor. Sulph., §iv; 
Pul v.Sera. Carui, %\); 
Aquae, q. s. 
I remained until she was considerably relieved, and re¬ 
quested the parties to let me know her state towards evening; 
when the report was favorable. They said that she had 
voided a large quantity of dark-coloured faeces. 
I then directed a little more laxative medicine, combined 
with a stimulant. 
On the following morning all the alarming symptoms had 
passed off, and the animal was going on favorably. In a few 
days she was convalescent. 
LANGUAGES OF ANIMALS. 
Dupont, a French author, who spent many years in 
studying the languages of animals, asserted that he under¬ 
stood twelve words—if they may be so called—of the voca¬ 
bulary of pigeons; twelve of common fowls; twenty-two 
words of cattle-language; thirteen of dog-language; four¬ 
teen of cat-language; whilst he believed that he completely 
understood the language of rooks. 
