ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 76, 28 July 1863, Page 2

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

.-"■;, '^Jv.Ai ,'ificeifA saraa"" 1 - r%? jspr-ap. iw « .-•*■' " r%MM?ti -WliDO >rOT^HOI.I>. OURSELVES HESP*^^THt| "■J 41%0U iH^foBiNTONS 7 EXPBESS^D IplpUßfe -s/coßASSEqSfpiaj/rs. ' "-*' ..rWm®" ,J%&JY ' ■'(To the Mditor of'the Invercargill Tims.) Sib, — The enclosed is an extract from a p \m« phletby Mr. James Moore, M.R.C.V.S., and cohlaitraOMeS^^ pleuro-pneuinpnia I hayeseenfl.?^ ..'vffe % y\. > "Symptoms. — THe^sy^n•ptomsd^M6tiin:ove'ryi caso_pre3eat the for Various city ; cumstance3,,sueh.aß,.t!ie.cphstit^ the nature of\its food, the causo. which has 'excited -.%\ie(M^Mßs,i&k; Sf^stsß&af in which the diseise begins, and its subsequent progress. We cannot therefore be expecteil to : detail any other than thoselcharacteristics of the malady which are : lof itheiniost froqhenfc l doc*urr^ift'S* '".'OJ / ? ,*ryi. :1 1 ■", In j«fe^«y%e.-a-Xfe.togiristin johe 7 of the three ways ;/firstlyj. Ait may attack the cow suddenly^ nnd,run a rapid course im spite of all treatment; secondly, it may. come.on^dawly andin-' sidlogsly,^ho;:co,-iy , apJ^earing not to -bo vjery ill, whilst thei lungs are; beroraingdiseas^ beyond therhope "*6f restoration j .'and'thirdly,*!* (sometimes' begins by^violViit.'^^ purgiijg, by: great weakness and loss of 'flesh." .___ j . „. Thia T Yhaj6rity7pf cales~boWever, present tho followngsymptoins:— A'«ihort, dry, husky.fcough, ' which is heard only> occasionally*;! it?is jhighly^ characteristic of this.d'sfeasOi an( l when once heard cannot be mistaken again., < The owner says, perhaps' that.-he^]^vhe^.^l^V«feWiP''"' OT .i* wo ' or threo days, but .thought no more -about it.) <5m . enquiry, it will be t fo and that Jthe beast does not give,. so much milk as, usual, and^thafc^ it hasa ' sHglitly yellowish tinge V 'tbe app'etite^is not much worse, yet she is carelesshbout her food 7 and does not lick her dish .clean; when at rest, the breath-, in? may not show any departure from its healthy play, but when the animal is* .moved and walked i-orne distance it becomes raoM ffequent v labored, and difficult; the pulse is often healthy in character, although sometimes 1 ■ it* '-is- weak, slightly increased in frequency; the bowels may ' be'either confined or pureed, or quite regular ; tho body is sometimes hot, sometimies cold* Thecow appears dull and listless ; wheh at grass sho separates herself from the- others; ..and lies on the r ground whilst they are browsing. . , ". 1 In the second stage.—- Tho cough is how more ! frequent, and thick frothy pblegmdribbles from thei mouth ; the bre Uhing is short when the air is taken into the lungs, and long when it is pressed; out of tqcm ; the inward breathing is attended with: much pain, which caus -a the animal to 'grunt arid to grate hir teeth ; the grunt is heard when the animal is pressing the air out from the lungs ; the pain is much increased by coughing and change of position and to lessen it the cough is now suppresse I, or held back and short, and thecow stands fixed in one place. The pain is owing to the pleura being inflamed, and the position ofthe deceased place may be ascertained by pressing the side betweeu the ribs with the point of the thumb;; when pressed on, tho animal will flinch and grunt. . /The pulse is quickened and: oppressed ; the skin is hard tight, and bound to, tbe ribs; the horns are hotter 1 and the muzzle drier fcban usual; the head is lowered and thrust forward, with the nose poked out; 1 the back is raised up; little or no food is eaten; the cud is seldom or ever chewed;, the milk is ! stopped ; fche bowels are bound, and, when moved,. 1 the dun" is in hard dry lumps;" I u ln Ilie third stagc.~~ rhe breathing is much quickened, very difficult, laboured and very gasp- • ing ; the breathing is carried on partly through the mouth partly-through the nostrils; the breath bas a bad smell ; a stringy frothy fluid constantly dribbles from the mouth ; the cow groans loudly and frequently, whilst the grunt is either gone or subdued; the pulse Is quick, weak, and in some cases imperceptible or intermittent; the horns, ears and legs are eold, 'he skin covered with cold sweat, the head and neck stretched out, with the nose pi >kid into the corner of the manger ; the fore logs aro separated from one another and fixed in ono place, unless thecow is restless and uneasy; sometimes tho hind ones are crossed over each othor, or tho hind fetlock joints are knuckled forward; tho stoppage of milk is complete; the ani mal is thin. and reduced to a skeleton; the strength is also, of course, <rroatly impaired, and the beast can scarcely cough ; insen i'lility sometimes steals over her; the urine is very high coloured ; towards the last, violent purging comes .on, the discharge matter bi'ing quite watery,' blackish, highly offensivo, nnd sometime* mixed with blood; eventually, the cavity of tho chest becomes so full of fluid, or so much of the lun„' is condensed, that theXbreathing. trom being m >re difficult aad frequent, nt last ceases and tho nnunnl is dead. * Trusting you wm piiuusu mo »w.-» &v. tl » benefit of your readers, I am, your's &c. HEARY GRAY, July 23rd, 18G3.