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T. 13. ROGERS. 
the calf. The cow grew weaker daily and as it did not appear 
probable that she would calve prior to death, I ordered her killed, 
and she was knocked on the head in my presence; the cow being 
apparently dead, the owner commenced to skin her by slitting the 
skin down the median line; as he did so, the calf began to kick, 
and taking the knife, I hastily cut out the foetus. It lay apparent¬ 
ly dead, but after the use of artificial respiration for a few seconds 
began to breathe. I wrapped it up in a blanket and carried it to 
the kitchen and rubbed it dry; the calf was a bull and was about 
two weeks from term, so I had little hope of saving it, but on 
visiting the farm to-day, (28th) I found “Csesar” still occupying a 
corner of the kitchen. He is now three weeks old and is about as 
big as a calf at term, takes three or four quarts of milk per diem, 
and is the object of much curiosity in the neighborhood. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE SYMPTOMATOLOGY OF RUPTURE 01 THE 
DIAPHRAGM. 
The horse stands with the head beneath the manger, the res¬ 
piration rapid, shallow and slightly oral, pulse fast, irregular, 
very weak, membranes cyanotic, temperature in rectum not taken, 
legs and ears icy cold, anorexia, but animal drinks somewhat 
greedily and in big gulps, the water sounding as though poured 
into the cavity of the chest. Attitude characteristic of great weak¬ 
ness and depression, and the near fore leg persistently pointed. 
No passage of foeces from time of attack until death. 
Post Mortem Appearances. —Enormous amount of effusion 
into the thoracic cavity, with formation of exudate on the pulmo¬ 
nary pleura over its whole extent, lymphoid rather than fibrinous, 
and about 1-16 inch in thickness; lungs congested and the infer¬ 
ior half of left lobe collapsed apparently from pressure; it did 
not feel at all like lung tissue; the remaining portion of left lung 
was congested, as was the right, but the congestion was apparent- 
ly hypostatic, not inflammatory. 
The left leaf of the diaphragm was ruptured throughout al¬ 
most its whole extent and there was exudate and false membranes 
in the abdominal cavity. A large portion of the supra-sternal cur- 
