REPORTS OF OASES. 
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food pushed into the mouth between the sets of molar teeth. 
I would be pleased to hear from some experienced veterina¬ 
rian on the subject. I have been too busy to study the pathol¬ 
ogy of the affection, nor have I time to search for its cause. 
ACUTE TUBERCULAR MENINGITIS. 
By T. P. Tukner, D.V.M., Westchester, Pa. 
A case of this rather rare disease in veterinary practice 
came under my observation quite recently. 
At a late, hour on the evening of September 13th I was 
called to see a cow that had been acting very strangely for 
five or six days, showing symptoms of some cerebral irrita¬ 
tion, such as wandering away from the herd and running 
against trees, fences, etc. Probably the prodomic stage of 
this case had extended over a period of two or three weeks, 
since the attendants were rather careless and had noticed no 
decided symptoms until the cow was in a delirious condition. 
For a period of three months she had coughed at inter¬ 
vals, and on my first visit coughed several times ; the latter 
being the characteristic cough of tuberculosis. The animal, 
however, was in a fair condition, and was in an advanced 
stage of pregnancy. 
When first seen by me she was lying in a low, damp 
meadow, and with much difficulty she was induced to rise 
upon her feet. 
Being started to walk, she would travel in small circles to 
the left. By performing a succession of such movements and 
by attracting her attention with a bright light, we managed 
to bring her within one hundred yards of the barn, where she 
went down and seemed to be paralyzed in the fore legs, since 
when she attempted to get up she could only get upon 
her knees. 
My first impression was that she was suffering from simple 
acute meningitis, and was treated according^. A brisk 
cathartic was administered, along with chloral hydrate ; she 
was also bled, because she was quite plethoric. 
The next morning (Sept. 14th) she was removed to the 
