78 ROE ON CATTLE. 



turned into a cloverfield, or any luxuriant past- 

 ure, they not only eat greedily, but eat an 

 amount of food containing aqueous matter, 

 which is not so easy of digestion as solid food, 

 the stomach may not tolerate the change. 



TREATMENT. 



Supposing the abdomen to be distended to 

 its upmost capacity, and the animal distressed 

 and oppressed in its breathing, there is no time 

 to be lost; medicines are of no avail. Puncture 

 the flank, on the left side, in its most salient 

 region, by a knife or trochar and camla. Im- 

 mediate escape of the gas follows and the patient 

 is soon relieved. I now administer the following 

 to arouse the action of the intestines and arrest 

 the fermentations: Hypo sulphate of Soda 4 

 drachms; Tincture of Ginger 2 ounces; Water 1 

 pint. Dissolve the Soda in the water, then add 

 the Ginger. If the Tincture of Ginger cannot be 

 had, then substitute 4 drachms of the pulverized 

 root. The medicine may be repeated in four hours 

 if necessary. 



Cleansing, or Removal of the After-Birth. 



After delivery, the after-birth should be de- 

 tached, if posible. For, if allowed to occupy the 

 uterus the latter contracts upon it, and it may re- 

 main there until it comes away a putrid mass- 

 not, however, without serious danger to the cow. 

 So soon as the calf is born I introduce my hand 

 and pull, in various directions, on the umbilical 

 cord. Failing to bring the placenta away, I in 

 troduce my whole arm, and carefully detach the 

 now foreign body from the cotyledons of the 



