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REPORTS OF CASES. 
WHAT WAS THE CAUSE? 
By Chas. H. Peabody, D.V.S., Providence, R. I. 
About September 25th there was a severe thunder storm 
here. The same night Mr. Brown found one of his cows ly¬ 
ing down in the pasture. He got her up, and she was driven 
to the barn apparently all right. 
On the next day she appeared dumpish, but ate well and 
ruminated. The following day, however, her eyes, bag, and 
every part of her that should be white, showed very red in 
color, as though, as Mr. Brown expressed it, “ The blood was 
coming through the parts.” 
Her milk did not drop off much in quantity, and in five or 
six days the cow appeared all right, but the skin began to 
peel off all over the body wherever the hair was white. 
Where there were red hairs the skin was healthy. 
It would peel off between two spots of red, which would 
not be affected at all. 
I saw the cow last Sunday, and she appeared as well as 
any cow in the herd, only for the peeling of the skin where 
there were white hairs. 
Was it caused by an electric current, and if so, why 
should only the white spots become affected ? 
FRACTURE AT THE HEAD OF BOTH FEMURS IN A COW. 
By the Same. 
The following case to me was quite unique: 
I was called on January 14th about six miles out to see a 
cow. 
History: The cow had calved thirty-six hours before 
and had been all right until evening, when she suddenly 
dropped and could not get up. 
I diagnosed the case as parturient apoplexy and gave a 
cathartic, etc. I saw the animal on the next day, the 15th, 
and on the two following days, when she appeared quite 
bright and struggled to get up. 
I saw her on the morning of the 18th with both hind ex- 
