REPORTS OF CASES. 
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NERVOSA GENERALIS. 
By the Same. 
April ioth, called to see a four-year-old Jersey cow that 
was down and unable to rise. Foreman of ranch on which 
the cow lived said animal went down on 8th. A self-styled 
veterinary surgeon was called in, diagnosed case as nail in 
the foot, but the examination did not bear out the diagnosis. 
He then came to the conclusion that the animal was “ strained 
in the kidneys,” and treated her accordingly. She still con¬ 
tinued down, however. 
On examination, animal appeared to be resting easily on 
right side, hind legs drawn under and knees turned in ; tem¬ 
perature elevated one degree (probably from recent effort to 
regain feet); pulse normal, except slightly increased in fre¬ 
quency ; respiration considerably accelerated. While exam¬ 
ination was in progress our setter dog entered the stable, 
when patient made an extraordinary effort to regain feet, but 
without success. Urine plentiful, but darker than usual; 
bowels slightly constipated, appetite fair. 
Foreman knew animal for two years, never had this con¬ 
dition to exist before, never sick, always calved without any 
difficulty and was now due to calve in ten days, according to 
his register. 
When animal was turned on its back, legs appeared to be 
all right and no evidence of pain manifested on manipulation. 
After further examination and considerable thinking, decided 
to let the case rest until the following day, giving our client 
a “ stand off” in the mean time, and administering a pound of 
sulphate magnesia to the patient to relieve the constipation. 
Next day, after reading up on the case, we returned and 
handed in a diagnosis of adynamia nervosa generalis (Arma- 
tage), and gave instruction for bedding and frequent turning 
of animal, with suggestions as to feeding and watering until 
parturition should arrive ; tried a few experiments with nerve 
stimulants, but without success. Patient gave birth to a very 
large calf on the morning of the 20th and without apparent 
difficulty ; she was very thin at this time, having lost flesh 
