ANALYSIS OF CONTINENTAL JOURNALS. 771 
excess, and the dung in good order. There was intense 
injection of the mucous membrane of the small intestines, 
which was covered with a thick layer of a black substance 
like treacle. It was also observed that the mass of blood was 
not in proportion to the size of the carcase, and that the 
former was of a dark colour and of tarry consistence. The 
remaining abdominal viscera as well as those of the thoracic 
cavity were healthy. While yet engaged in the considera¬ 
tion of the morbid lesions, and comparing notes so as to 
come to a decision, information was brought that one of the 
animals of the last attacked had a relapse; this was very 
opportune, as it gave a chance to his colleagues to observe 
the malady. The patient was a black cow of the common 
breed of the country, about eight years old, and in moderate 
flesh. She was kept up by four men, while two others were 
applying the vinegar frictions. The symptoms might be 
summed up as follows : grunting during the expiration ; mu¬ 
cous membranes bloodless ; pulse imperceptible ; beating of 
the heart irregular; extremities’cold; frequent evacuation of 
the urine. After half an hour’s application of the vinegar, 
the animal began to defend itself against it. The men were 
ordered to let her go a bit. She could not yet stand without 
support, laid rather than fell down, and remained quiet in 
that position for about an hour, after which she got up and 
began to feed. To render the acetic acid more active, one of 
the party recommended the addition of the spirit of turpen¬ 
tine, but this produced sores which remained painful for 
three weeks after the cure. 
After taking into consideration the rapidity of the attack, 
the almost sudden death of three of the animals, the rapidity 
with which the others had recovered by the sole application of 
vinegar, the autopsy, which showed the lesions to be confined 
to the intestines, the decision was, that it belonged to the unde¬ 
fined type of maladies designed as charbon or anthrax. Some 
modifications in the quantity of the refuse of the distillery were 
recommended, and all seemed to be going on satisfactorily, 
when on the 9th of December there was a fresh invasion of 
the malady in one of the cows, which was restored as before 
by the application of vinegar, though not so rapidly as in 
the previous cases, but in six hours after she began to feed. 
While the men were gone to supper a heifer died suddenly 
from the same disease, without having shown previously the 
slightest symptom of it. Some corn soaked in the dark 
substance contained in the small intestines of this last cow 
was given to some fowls without any bad results. The 
causes of this malady the author says are very difficult to 
