REPORTS OF CASES. 
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Symptoms. One of those two cows was in better condition 
than her companion ; gave a good quantity of milk, and had no 
cough ; but her eyes were quite watery, which resulted in pus. 
On the carcass being opened, the whole internal organs were 
hteraHy covered with tumors (from the size of pinheads to that 
ot a hand ball). The lungs were almost covered with them 
^w, we come to what we term the singular case. This 
cow although giving quite a quantity of milk, was very low in 
Hesh, had a dejected appearance, and was troubled with a very 
bad cough, which on the least excitement troubled her. This 
cow was e>ght years old, and two years ago we became suspi¬ 
cious of her, and told her owner so at the time. When this bodv 
was opened and exposed to view, the internal organs appeared 
like the other cow’s, only more diseased, on account of the size 
o tumors; but, on inspecting the lungs, to our great surprise 
and astonishment, not a single tumor or lesion could be found • 
but, on the contrary, a lung that the uninitiated would term 
sound. Do what we could, there was not a vestige of the 
disease apparent to the naked eye. The lungs were very dark 
hypertrophied, but on the least pressure with fingers, would 
collapse. We have seen many cases of tuberculosis in our prac- 
tice, but this case is the most singular of all. 
As the government authorities have no funds for the pay¬ 
ment of such cases in our state, the other animals have, we 
suppose, found their way to the city, where many like them are 
sure to go, where they are sold as food for anything obtainable. 
ABDOMINAL ABSCESS. 
By Wm. N. Colman, V.S., Sterling, Kan. 
On the morning of June 6, 1896, I was called to see a bay 
mare used for driving purposes. The owner stated the case to 
me as follows : She had not been well for three or four days 
showed signs of colic, had had colic three times in the past 
month, but had got over it all right, and was apparently well 
until three days ago, when he found her, I supposed with the 
colic ; had considerable pain, which stopped in a few hours. He 
noticed a swelling on her right side. The mare’s appetite had 
not been g;ood for some time. He thought she was pregnant. 
On arriving at the place I made an examination, and found 
ne pulse and respiration accelerated, temperature 10s° F. 
cutaneous surface quite warm, and extreme sensitiveness was 
observed by spinal pressure at the lumbar region ; the visible 
