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The new cows were allowed to run with the old ones one week 
before I was called, and none of them showed symptoms of the 
disease, but were all put under treatment; the only animals that 
died after my arrival were the two above mentioned. 
On the farm of Mr. B. the cows appeared about the same, 
with the exception of his having a number of calves from two or 
three days to thirty days old, which all showed symptoms of the 
disease; one that died, that was about four weeks old, on post-mor¬ 
tem examination revealed enlargement of the spleen to fully three 
times that of a full grown cow ; it was as large as any that I 
found in the cows. Mr. B. also lost two cows with symptoms 
the same as those of Mr. C., making a total of seven cows and 
one calf that died out of the forty-four. 
Tt will be seen by the above that no animal died after receiv¬ 
ing two doses of the medicine, except the four that died with the 
kidney complication ; also that no animal that had received it as 
a preventive showed an} 7 symptoms of it. 
The question arose in my mind, What caused the kidney com¬ 
plication with absence of bowel complication, among the one drove 
while in all the others it was visa versa. I thought that it might 
have possibly been due to the difference in the food, but I was 
unable to find out on what kind of food these forty-four cattle 
had been fed previous to being shipped. 
Can any of the readers of the Review throw any light on this 
subject ? If so I would be pleased to hear from them. 
Another peculiarity in these cases is the sudden fall of the 
temperature. 
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SPLENIC HYPERTROPHY. 
By Messes. Bowret and Druille. 
A strong, vigorous horse, aged 13 years, which had never 
been sick before, was found one morning, by the man who had the 
care of him, dull and anxious-looking, and manifesting some 
slight colic. An hour later he fell down heavily, and it was only 
with the greatest difficulty that he was placed on his feet again. 
His walking then became difficult, the anterior legs moving cnite 
