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dition referred to. The owner expected these symptoms 
would ‘Svear away/’ and only got anxious about the case 
when he found, on the contrary, that they gradually in¬ 
creased in severity, [and that the animal’s appetite began 
to fail, and the secretion of milk to considerably diminish. 
On visiting the case, I contented myself in the first in¬ 
stance by using palliatives, consisting chiefly of aperients, 
followed by opiates, and the application of a sheep skin 
to the loins. On the 1st of September I again saw my 
patient, and found little or no improvement. She had 
been repeatedly trying to urinate without success, and 
consequently I passed the catheter, which gave exit to a 
quantity of thick, bloody urine. Its expulsion was succeeded 
by much straining. On making an examination per vagi- 
nam I found a large mass, apparently involving the bladder. 
Suspecting the existence of a malignant tumour, I gave an 
unfavorable prognosis. Notwithstanding this, the owner 
requested me to do what I could for the relief of the animal. 
Trial was given to tincture of aconite, with opiates and hot 
fomentations, externally applied. At the end of a few days 
the animal experienced so much relief as to be enabled to 
urinate without pain. The urine, also, was free from 
l)lood, or sanguineous deposit. The appetite was much 
improved, and the milk increased. On rising, also, the 
animal would stretch herself as in health. I ordered a 
continuance of the fomentations, and gave tonics, with 
Liq. Ferri. The owner, however, thinking that she had 
got better, and being busy with his harvest, neglected to 
continue the treatment, and on the 15th of September I was 
again summoned to the case. All the former symptoms were 
much increased in severity. Similar treatment was adopted, 
but to no avail, as the animal steadily got worse, up to the 
26th, when she died. The which had to be 
made in the knacker’s yard on the following day, showed 
that the bladder, uterus, and contiguous parts were much 
thickened and embedded in a hard and yellowish fatty-like 
mass. The lining membrane both of the uterus and bladder 
was also much congested; and, in addition, that of the latter 
vras ulcerated. The intestines were spotted with dark 
patches, and the kidneys considerably enlarged, and pale in 
colour. The peritoneal cavity contained nearly two gallons 
of serous fluid. I send you per rail the parts more imme¬ 
diately involved, as roughly taken out by the knacker, and 
shall be glad to have your remarks on them. Should you 
deem the case of suflicient interest, perhaps a place may be 
assigned it in the Veterinarian. 
