REPORTS OF CASES. 
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so; when he stands he is forced to put his nose to the ground 
to balance himself; the color of the skin changes, becoming 
darker, with bluish spots. Death ends the agony in from three 
to ten day. 
Post-mortem :—Outwardly the body is very much emaciated ; 
large spots about abdomen, ears, etc.; mucous membrane of the 
eye dark. On opening immediately after death a disagreeable 
odor meets the operator; a large amount of coffee-colored fluid 
is found in the abdominal cavity. The intestines contain very 
many ulcerated spots on the serous coat, and the mucous coat 
is very thick. The liver has lost that smooth, glistening tint; 
it is dark and dull in color, the surface is very irregular, and 
on^ cutting is friable, brittle and dry to the knife. The spleen 
is in much the same condition. The lung tissue is thickened 
at parts, and the glands of the body are very black. 
P^^ognosis —A very few cases recover, about three per cent., 
and they are immune from the disease, likewise their progeny, 
and we have many old sows kept for breeding purposes. 
Ti^eatment: —None. I made no effort to treat the animals. 
Partial paralysis exists from the very first symptom. 
Now, friends, do any of you doubt me when I diagnose the 
disease to be hog cholera? If it is not cholera, then what is it? 
Will any of you suggest a course of treatment ? Don’t spare 
my feelings. 
CATTI.E POISONING. 
Ky J. A. McCrank, D. V. S., Plattsburgh, N. Y. 
I have had some trouble with cattle in my district lately. 
The cow comes home in the evening from pasture in perfect 
condition, gives accustomed amount of milk, but next morning 
when we see her she is unable to rise without aid, unfit to stand 
when she is helped up ; her supply of milk very much dimin¬ 
ished, and in a few cases it is stringy. She will not eat, yet her 
nose is moist as if in health, her temperature below normal, 
pulse very weak and slow. She appears unconscious of her sur¬ 
roundings ; she has a very profuse diarrhoea, of a slimy consist¬ 
ency. 
In a few cases the animal, after lying paralyzed apparently, 
for when she falls there lies, whether on her abdomen or 
side. She appears as if unable to concentrate her forces to make 
an effort ; she remains in this comatose condition for a few days, 
when I have had them become frantic ; no fence nor door could 
hold her back ; she may run wild over fields for an hour, when 
