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illustration of which he gives two cases. A cow calved about 
noon, without any difficulty. At six o’clock the next morning 
she was down, and comatose; pulse irregular, feeble, intermit' 
tent, and undulating; the respiration slightly stertorous; 
contraction of the eyelids ; the eye insensible to the touch; 
the pupils not dilated; on raising the head and letting it go, 
it fell like an inert mass; the temperature of the body was 
lowered; the sphincter muscles of the anus and bladder re¬ 
laxed. Blood was abstracted to the amount of three kilo¬ 
grammes (about 7 lbs.). Sulphate of soda was given, 
dissolved in warm water, and frictions with ammonia were 
applied to the dorsal region. Two hours after, the bleeding 
was repeated to the same amount. At ten o’clock the 
patient was better. Five kilogrammes of blood were now 
taken from the mammary veins, and from this time the 
patient rapidly got well. 
In the second case, Mons. Fabry took seven kilogrammes 
of blood at two bleedings, adopting the treatment otherwise, 
as above, and adding cold affusions to the head. The same 
evening the patient was better, and the next day she was 
convalescent. 
Journal des Vettrinaires du Midi, for April, 1859. 
CONGESTION OF THE POSTERIOR PART OF THE SPINAL 
MARROW. 
By M. Causse, Veterinary Surgeon to the lltli Chasseurs. 
At first sight there appeared to be very little the matter with 
the patient, which was a troop-mare; but on a closer examina¬ 
tion, it was found that the exterior of the body was not in a 
normal state, the position of the limbs not being natural. 
The fore-legs were placed wide apart, and the hinder ones 
brought forward under the centre of gravity; the pulse w*as 
regular, with a slight tension of the artery; the mucous 
membranes were somewhat redder than usual; but there was 
no loss of appetite. 
On passing the hand over the loins, the animal evinced 
great pain, and if the pressure was continued she bent her 
hocks so much that there was danger of her falling down. 
She could neither move backward nor forward, without this 
danger of falling. 
