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noise ; fever higher, nasal discharge exceedingly offensive, 
brown, and mixed with shreds of desquamated mucous mem¬ 
brane; petechias upon the Schneiderian membrane; a light 
hemorrhagic diarrhoea shortly appeared. 
In great weakness and distress the cows expired at the 
end of the ninth day; the young heifer following upon the 
twelfth, after contracting the disease. The post-mortem, 
which was undertaken eight hours after the demise, revealed 
the following interesting changes : Upon the lining membrane 
of the small intestine and uterine cavity, small patches of a 
diphtheritic formation; larynx punctated with diphtheritic 
ulcers. The stomatic membrane was discolored, and ap¬ 
peared to have been eaten by a violent caustic. An extensive 
lobular pneumonia, consequent upon the settling of disloca¬ 
ted shreds from the epiglottis into the trachea and lungs. All 
three animals exhibited the same alterations —Wock.f. Their, 
u. Viehz . 
THERAPEUTIC NOTICES. 
For tympanitis of cattle colchicum tincture has come into 
very general use, even in small doses it seems efficacious. As 
opposed to ammonia and ether it possesses the advantage of 
not injuring the flesh of the animal. Should death supervene 
before medical assistance arrive, the flesh of the animals hav¬ 
ing received either of the latter medicines is not useful since 
the meat is, to a greater or less extent, flavored therewith. 
In the administration of tincture colchicum this disadvantage 
is avoided. It is recommended to give five or six drops in 
water every ten minutes ; other practitioners advise 3 ij, 3 iij 
every hour or two. 
Siebel has used europhen in thirty cases of scalds and 
burns, in the form of an unguentum; he has always secured 
therefrom rapid and perfect healing. This agent operates by 
diminishing the secretion and pain. The salve is of a three 
per cent, strength, and is as follows: 
Europhen, 3ijss, 
Ol. Olivas, 3jss, 
Vaselin, § ij, 
Lanolin, 3 i, 
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