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than natural, and in a very straddling manner. Temperature, 
102 °, and pulse, 90. He was removed to another apartment on 
the afternoon of the same day, and on seeing him again found 
him lying down and unable to rise. The use of a pin disclosed 
loss of sensation, posterior to the middle lumbar region. It was 
then ascertained that a visitor and the attendant had seen another 
bull jump on his back and break him down. 
August 28th. Temperature, 103°; pulse, over 90. Lies well 
on the sternum; muzzle moist; slight appetite; bowels some¬ 
what costive ; urine normal, but passed in a dribbling manner ; 
apparently in no pain. We have him turned over every three 
hours. 
Aug. 29th. Symptoms the same, with the exception that 
there is slight sensation when pricked with a pin, and he can use 
his tail to remove flies ; no twitching. 
Aug. 30th. Temperature, 105.75°; pulse, imperceptible at any 
point; appetite still fair; bowels move freely from purgatives. 
Aug. 31st. Temperature, 106°; pulse still imperceptible ; 
other symptoms unchanged. 
Sept. 1st. Temperature, 105°; wants to 'lie stretched out on 
his side; excretions normal; appetite fair; holds his head to 
the left side ; otherwise, no change. 
Sept. 2 d, 9 a. m. Temperature, 106.75° ; respiration hurried ; 
pulse imperceptible at any point; pleurosthotonos well marked. 
Two hours later, respiration, 100 ; temperature, 109°; violent 
twitching of all the muscles. At 4 p. m., his temperature regis¬ 
tered 110 5 ° by two thermometors, (43.6° C. by one,) respiration, 
72; and an hour later he died without a struggle. 
Autopsy —By Drs. McLean and Huidekoper, made a quar¬ 
ter of an hour after death. Animal on right side; but little 
bloated, as the rumen had been punctured a\ short time previ¬ 
ously ; temperature still over 110 ° F. Turning the calf on its 
back, we opened the abdomen and removed the intestines. The 
peritoneal cavity was in an apparently normal condition, but un¬ 
pleasantly hot to the hand. The small intestine was empty and 
pale. The colon contained a moderate quantity of bloody serum, 
with a little gas, but presented no lesion except a few spots of 
