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permanent stabulation, and even watered in the stable. Fifteen 
days ago she was indisposed, somewhat tympanitic, and received 
a drench of oil and brandy: she got better. During the same 
afternoon there appeared a kind of soft tumor, spreading over 
the vulva, anus, extremities of the ischium and base of the tail. 
The tumor was of the size of two fists. It was rubbed with 
marshmallow decoction, and two hours later it had disappeared. 
The next day the cow was well; she ate well, milked as usual, 
and showed nothing except a little stiffness behind. That day 
and the following she milked half a liter more than usual, her 
appetite remained good, but she was still stiff behind, notwith¬ 
standing the frictions of warm vinegar which were made on her 
hind legs. 
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The calf, which was easily felt on the right side , was only so 
felt on the left from the first day of sickness ; and from that 
day , when it was said to have moved much , no more motion was 
detected. 
Condition of the Animal. —At my visit she was lying on her 
right side, moaned at each respiration, and was slightly swollen. 
In feeling the left side, the animal moaned oftener. A certain 
quantity of gas was easily detected in the abdominal cavity, but 
not in the rumen, for that organ is separated from the abdominal 
walls some four or five centimeters. Inferiorly, as far as a third 
of the height of the abdomen, a mass of floating liquid was easily 
heard by pressing upon the abdominal walls. Respiration, 32 ; 
pulse weak, 88; conjunctiva infiltrated; nose, ears, horns and 
extremities were cold. The udder was flask, not large. The vulva 
was not larger than normally, and from it oozed a little sanious, 
brownish, foetid liquid. 
I informed the owner that his cow had aborted, that she had 
peritonitis, and that her tympanitic condition was caused by it. 
The os uteri was not closed, but was rigid, and allowed only 
the introduction of the extremities of the fingers brought together. 
Through this manipulation the nails of one leg were felt. The 
neck was then covered with belladonna ointment, and in a short 
time, after a second fruitless examination, the cow died without a 
struggle. 
