REPORTS OF CASES. 
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swallow only a little at a time, blit care was taken, and the medi¬ 
cine was given according to directions. I backracked her and in¬ 
jected her, per rectum with 
Decoction Cammomile 2 qt., 
Olei Lini 4 dr., 
Laudanum 1 oz., 
Injected into the uterus a lotion compounded of 
Acid Carbolici 2 dr., 
Olei Lini 2 oz., 
Decoction (Jatnmomile 2 pts., 
I then left her, with no more hopes of her recovery and I did 
not go to see her on the 30th, when, to my surprise, I was called 
on the 31st, and was told that she had stood up and had a free 
passage from her bowels and had urinated a large amount of wa¬ 
ter. When I saw her she took a drink of gruel and picked a lit¬ 
tle hay, and kept on improving, and is now doing well. July 31st 
I had to see another cow with the same fever, but she could swal¬ 
low well. I gave the same treatment and she got up the next 
day and is also doing well. 
CEREBRO SPINAL MENINGITIS. 
By Benj. McInnes, Jr., M.R.C.V.S. 
In the past week my services have been required in four cases 
which I will endeavor to describe. 
1. A mule, the property of a gentleman residing about three 
miles from the city. When I arrived the animal was dead. The 
owner related to me the following symptoms: The mule was 
attacked suddenly with tremors, profuse perspiration, opening 
and closing mouth, perfect inability to swallow. He died in six 
hours after commencement of the attack. The animal was per¬ 
fectly healthy up to that time. I diagnosed poison from eating 
wild oranges, but the farmer informed me that his mules could 
not get wild oranges, as they were never turned out. 
2. Three days after the first case the same farmer came down 
saying he had another mule attacked the same way. Being out 
