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Acephalian Monstrosity
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The Veterinary '.1ournal. LUMBAR PARALYSIS IN A COW. By G. MAYALL, M.R .C .V.S. Bolton.
ON December 1 2 , 19 10, I was called to attend a short-horn Co\V that was down in the stall and unable to ge t up on her hind legs. She had fallen away from her stall and been dragged into it by the farmer and his men previ ous to m y a rrival. I emptied her bladder and rectum, bli stered her loins , and gave her an openin g drench. On December 13 she was up , but weak o n her hind legs, chewin g her ,c ud, horns warm, and dew on her nose. Gave her a draug ht of solution of ammon. carbo an d tincture o f nux vomica, and she made a complete recovery. This cow had calved some t ime previou sly and there was no sign of milk fever about her. A German wri te r remarks that under the collective name of "Festliege n der Kiihe" one indicates pathological states which do not all ow cattle to rise without help. Authors h ardly agree on the cause of the malady. Some believe in lumbar paralysis; others like Dieckerhoff in mu scul ar weakness, and Horst-Tempel in lesions of the h ock joint. The latter, to support his own conclusions, says tha t butchers, when asked about post-mort em conditions, say that they find nothin g but "a good deal of fluid on section of the hork-joints. " H e has trea ted several cases success full y by enveloping the hind legs from the fetlocks to the h ocks in a cloth soaked in Burow's so luti on and applying over thi s a woollen bandage, and this serves as a support to a similar enveloping of the hock-j oint. His nine cows got up after a few days . QuerY'.- Would they have g ot up sooner if he had bli stered the re g ion of the loins and opened the cows' bowels? ACEPHALIAN MONSTROSITY. By A. C. D UNCAN, lILR.C.V.S. Professor ill the No)'al Ag,·iclIltw·al College , Ci,.ellces!e,..
THE accomp anying photogra ph show s a type of mon strosity which I think is not common. It is briefly referred to by Flem ing in his summary of Gurlt' s -::1a ss ificati on of m onstrosities as Class I , O rd er I, Ace phalu s.
A cephahan M ollstrosity.
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In this case there were neither fore limbs nor head, the body was only about 4 in. long, but on di ssection was found to co ntain a septum, which repre sented the diaphragm, and in the a nterior cavity a very rudimentary heart and fcetal lungs were fo und .
The intestines, comparatively well developed , show ed a dilatation which evidently represented the stomach. There was no breach in the continuity of the skin, save the umbilicus. The ewe which gave birth to the freak was an Exmoor ewe crossed with a Hampshire Down ra m. The freak was a twin with a large and well-developed lamb.
METRO-PERITONITIS I N A MARE. By R. FERGU SON STIRLI NG. H orsley rVoodltouse, D erhyshi re .
Subject. - An aged ca rt -mare. History, &c.-February 10, I was summoned ab out 7 a.m . to attend this mare at a fa rm about five miles di stant. On
The Veterinary '.1ournal. LUMBAR PARALYSIS IN A COW. By G. MAYALL, M.R .C .V.S. Bolton.
ON December 1 2 , 19 10, I was called to attend a short-horn Co\V that was down in the stall and unable to ge t up on her hind legs. She had fallen away from her stall and been dragged into it by the farmer and his men previ ous to m y a rrival. I emptied her bladder and rectum, bli stered her loins , and gave her an openin g drench. On December 13 she was up , but weak o n her hind legs, chewin g her ,c ud, horns warm, and dew on her nose. Gave her a draug ht of solution of ammon. carbo an d tincture o f nux vomica, and she made a complete recovery. This cow had calved some t ime previou sly and there was no sign of milk fever about her. A German wri te r remarks that under the collective name of "Festliege n der Kiihe" one indicates pathological states which do not all ow cattle to rise without help. Authors h ardly agree on the cause of the malady. Some believe in lumbar paralysis; others like Dieckerhoff in mu scul ar weakness, and Horst-Tempel in lesions of the h ock joint. The latter, to support his own conclusions, says tha t butchers, when asked about post-mort em conditions, say that they find nothin g but "a good deal of fluid on section of the hork-joints. " H e has trea ted several cases success full y by enveloping the hind legs from the fetlocks to the h ocks in a cloth soaked in Burow's so luti on and applying over thi s a woollen bandage, and this serves as a support to a similar enveloping of the hock-j oint. His nine cows got up after a few days . QuerY'.- Would they have g ot up sooner if he had bli stered the re g ion of the loins and opened the cows' bowels? ACEPHALIAN MONSTROSITY. By A. C. D UNCAN, lILR.C.V.S. Professor ill the No)'al Ag,·iclIltw·al College , Ci,.ellces!e,..
THE accomp anying photogra ph show s a type of mon strosity which I think is not common. It is briefly referred to by Flem ing in his summary of Gurlt' s -::1a ss ificati on of m onstrosities as Class I , O rd er I, Ace phalu s.
A cephahan M ollstrosity.
" ",.,
-,),)
In this case there were neither fore limbs nor head, the body was only about 4 in. long, but on di ssection was found to co ntain a septum, which repre sented the diaphragm, and in the a nterior cavity a very rudimentary heart and fcetal lungs were fo und .
The intestines, comparatively well developed , show ed a dilatation which evidently represented the stomach. There was no breach in the continuity of the skin, save the umbilicus. The ewe which gave birth to the freak was an Exmoor ewe crossed with a Hampshire Down ra m. The freak was a twin with a large and well-developed lamb.
METRO-PERITONITIS I N A MARE. By R. FERGU SON STIRLI NG. H orsley rVoodltouse, D erhyshi re .
Subject. - An aged ca rt -mare. History, &c.-February 10, I was summoned ab out 7 a.m . to attend this mare at a fa rm about five miles di stant. On