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for injecting medicine should be thoroughly disinfected 

 in boiling water before use. 



Fig. 15. — Female catheter. 



Some think it advisable to introduce the hand into 

 the womb, remove the mucous and portions of placenta 

 that may have been retained, and irrigate the womb 

 with 2 per cent, creolin, or some other suitable anti- 

 septic solution. The foregoing courses of treatment 

 should be supplemented by one-half grain doses of 

 strychnine given hypodermically, or one grain doses 

 given in capsules on the root of the tongue every three 

 or four hours. Keep the animal braced in a normal po- 

 sition or the head elevated and expect recovery in 15 to 

 24 hours. 



In some instances the animal suffers with debilitv 

 after recovery from the acute attack. The writer's ex- 

 perience with such cases is limited, but usually the 

 animal eats sparingly, digestion is impaired, and the 

 excrement softer than normal, and lacking color. If 

 there is no improvement, death occurs in the course of 

 one, two or three weeks. 



Some animals never fully overcome the effects of 

 an attack of milk fever. This is manifested bv the re- 

 duction in milk flow. In order to ascertain approxi- 

 mately the amount of permanent injury sustained from 

 milk fever, questions were addressed to four parties 

 taken at random, whose cows had been successfully 

 treated with Schmdt's remedy. 



Mr. L. H. : Has your cow given as much milk since 

 she had milk fever, and how much has been the reduc- 

 tion? 



Ans. "My cow does not give as much as before the 



