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gases and of a few droppings; strong efforts of micturition, gen¬ 
erally abortive; sudden disappearance of the colic, when the at¬ 
tack ends favorably; increase in the character of the symptoms, 
followed by deceptive improvement, a sure precursor of death, in 
fatal cases. 
[To be continued .] 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
DISEASED LIVER IN PREGNANT COWS. 
By Thomas B. Rogers. 
I have recently had a series of cases occurring in milch cattle, 
which seem to me to point to a hitherto unnoticed affection of 
the parturient state in cattle. 
Case I.—An old cow, multipara, near term ; history received 
from owner was as follows: “This cow has been down for ten 
days; refuses food and water; has been and now is constipated, 
in spite of'the administration of large doses of salines.” Exam¬ 
ination showed dry muzzle, slight icteric tint of visible membrane, 
the presence of a small amount of vile smelling fgeces in the rec¬ 
tum. The case was complicated with retroversion of the bladder, 
due probably to laxity of the vagina and its partial eversion 
through straining, deposition of the bladder allowed it to be 
emptied, but as the cow was evidently moribund and there was a 
show to save the calf, she was knocked on the head and a living 
calf removed from her. Post mortem examination showed an 
enormous fatty liver, portions of the gland looking as though the 
true tissue was commencing to break down. The other organs 
were apparently unaffected, but anaemic. 
Case II.—A cow, multipara, had calved about two months 
previously, and bad been running down ever since; was down, 
though able to rise; muzzle hot and dry, obstinate constipation 
was present, and the respiration was painful, not difficult; mem¬ 
branes somewhat yellowed. Post mortem showed fatty liver, 
the organ weighing about thirty pounds; the capsule of Glisson 
opaque and somewhat e’asily separated ; the kidneys congested, 
