LANCASHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 577 
He (Mr. Cartwright) told the owner that the symptoms were 
indicative of parturient fever, and that she had better be housed 
at once. This was done, and she had not been long in the shippon 
before she exhibited symptoms of uneasiness by lying down and 
attempting to get up, until she went finally down in a state of 
unconsciousness. 
Treatment .—She had had an aperient on the night of the 15th, 
and on Mr. Cartwright seeing her he administered another with 
some Liq. Ammon. Acet., blistered the spine, and had cold wet 
cloths applied to her head. As she gradually grew worse, and there 
was little hope of her recovery he advised the owner to have her 
slaughtered. This was accordingly done, and the carcase was 
sold to a butcher for £7 10<?., who afterwards disposed of it, 
when dressed, to another butcher for £12 10s. 
Post-mortem .—When slaughtered she bled well, and the 
appearance of the flesh was that of a healthy animal. The first 
stomach was moderately filled with food, so was the second. The 
third stomach was completely filled with well-masticated grass, 
a portion of which, between the folds of the stomach, was becom¬ 
ing hard. As a general rule in these cases, Mr. Cartwright had 
not found much constipation in the third stomach, as asserted by 
some writers on this disease. 
The contents of the small intestines were semi-fluid, and the 
mucous membrane throughout a great portion of them was 
much congested, which was the only diseased condition he dis¬ 
covered. The large intestines, liver, uterus, and gall and 
urinary bladders were all healthy. The brain he could not 
examine, as it had been much damaged by the butcher, and from 
the same cause he was prevented making a full examination of 
the spinal cord, but succeeded in examining a portion from the 
lumbar region, which, however, did not present any morbid 
appearance—there being neither inflammation nor effusion. 
lie examined the urine for albumen by the usual tests, and large 
deposits were precipitated. 
Mr. Cartwright said that for some time he had suspected that 
the small intestines were frequently diseased in this complaint. 
He would ask whether the turning of the head to one side was 
caused by pain in the intestines or by some affection of the brain? 
The discussion which ensued was long and animated, both as 
regards the pathology and treatment of the malady. It was the 
opinion of all present that stall-fed animals, and those in a very 
plethoric condition at the time of calving, were most subject to 
attacks of parturient apoplexy, and that there is, as a rule, a greater 
risk of “ dropping after calving" at the fourth calf than at any 
other “note." 
With plethoric animals Mr. W. J. Challiner adopted a plan 
