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drachms of the iodide of potash and fill it with water that has been: 

 recently boiled, pouring the water directly from the teakettle into the 

 bottle; cork the bottle and cool the solution to a temperature of about 

 100 degrees, or about the temperature of milk. The solution is now 

 ready to be introduced into the udder. 



Remove all the milk possible from the gland, brush off the udder 

 and flanks, and if the cow is down place a clean cloth under the udder; 

 wash off one of the teats with the carbolic acid solution from tha dish 

 not containing the funnel and tubes; wash the hands in the solution,^ 

 and then introduce the milking tube (after allowing all the carbolic solu- 

 tion to escape from it) into the teat and elevate the funnel. Have an 

 assistant wash off the mouth of the bottle containing the potash solu- 

 tion with the carbolic solution; remove the cork and pour into the 

 funnel one-fourth of the iodide solution, allowing the funnel to become 

 empty once or twice, so as to allow some air to enter. Treat the other 

 three teats in the same manner, being careful to use the carbolic solu- 

 tion freely on the teats, funnel, tubes and mouth of the bottle. The 

 great danger in the use of this treatment is in the introduction of germs 

 or dirt, which will later cause inflammation of the udder, hence the 

 great caution necessary in using the carbolic solution freely and in 

 having all utensils scrupulously clean. After all the solution has been 

 introduced knead the gland thoroughly, but gently. Do not milk out 

 the solution for six or eight hours, or until it becomes necessary to milk 

 the animal. If there is no improvement in the course of six or eight 

 hours the udder may again be emptied and another solution of the 

 same amount may be introduced in the same manner. A third solution 

 may be used if necessary in the course of another eight or ten hours. 



The Schmidt treatment has thus far proved the most satisfactory of 

 any treatment that has ever been recommended for milk fever, but inas- 

 much as complications are apt to occur with the disease it is often 

 necessary to use other lines of treatment along with it, and on this 

 account it is always advisable when possible to secure the assistance 

 of a qualified veterinarian. As it has not been my purpose at this time 

 to discuss the general treatment for milk fever, but rather to confine my 

 remarks to the Schmidt treatment, I will close at this point by thanking 

 vou for vour kind attention. 



