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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
Inspector Peet , of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty 
to Animals, stated that, accompanied by Mr. Cherry, he saw the 
cow on the 9th ult. The defendant was driving it from the market 
in the direction of Sheepscar, and witness followed as far as 
Sheepscar Bar. He had previously asked the defendant to relieve 
the cow of some of its milk. The milk was streaming from the 
teats of the udder. The defendant said that he was not going to 
waste the milk, and they would have to wait until he got home. 
At Sheepscar Bar the cow was stopped and examined by the vete¬ 
rinary surgeons. The defendant told witness that he had bought 
the cow from Mr. Wilson in the market. 
Mr. Fearnley, veterinary surgeon, Leeds, said that he accom¬ 
panied Inspector Peet on the 9th ult., when they accosted the 
defendant. Witness examined the cow, and the thermometrical 
observations he made recorded the internal heat at 104 1-10th 
degrees. The breathing was rather more than twice what it ought 
to be; the pulse was quick ; there were facial indications of great 
suffering; the udder was much distended, and the milk, which 
flowed continuouslv from the four teats, was thin and hot. The 
ordinary temperature of the body was 100 degrees. A temperature 
of 104 degrees was indicative of very high fever. The cow in the 
present case was suffering from irritative or sympathetic fever, 
brought on by accumulation of milk. Witness also detected a slight 
palpitation. The nerves of a cow were functionally the same as in 
a human subject. Cross-examined by Mr. Ferns: The udder was 
supported by an elastic tissue capable of considerable distension 
without causing pain. From six o’clock in the evening till noon 
the next day was an unreasonable time to allow a cow to go without 
milking. The milk retained so long was not fit for use.—Mr. Ferns : 
Do you not know that the distension of the udder is taken as ex¬ 
hibiting the milking capacities of the cow? Witness : Yes, it may 
be. The udder is made, as I said, of elastic tissue, and it will dis¬ 
tend considerably. Over a certain amount the milk runs off.— 
Mr. Ferns: Do cows not shed their milk when the udder is even 
half full ? Witness : They do not when healthy; if they do, they 
are out of health. 
Mr. Cherry, veterinary surgeon, London, stated that he was 
present when Mr. Fearnley made the examination of the cow, and 
he concurred in the results defined by that gentleman. Witness 
tasted the milk, and it was brackish. In cross-examination, Mr. 
Cherry said that he would be surprised if it was proved to him as a 
common practice that a large number of cows shed their milk 
between meal times when regularly milked. In re-examination, 
the witness said that he had been sent to Leeds by the Society for 
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to examine into the state of 
many of the cows driven into Leeds market, in consequence of the 
numerous and repeated complaints made. 
Mr. Ferguson , veterinary surgeon, Leeds, gave corroborative evi¬ 
dence with regard to the indication of high temperature in the 
body. 
