62 SPECIAL VETERINARY THERAPY 



The third herd had been infected for about two 

 years, the disease was well established and apparently 

 beyond control. In this herd also no further abortions 

 have occured since the treatment was given. 



This experience is very limited on which to base 

 an opinion, but considering the conditions and the 

 uniformity of results, from these three reports, I must 

 of necessity say that my results with the treatment 

 have been one-hundred per cent perfect. Some of my 

 colleagues have not found the treatment so satisfac- 

 tory, but I find on looking into the matter that my 

 method of using the treatment has differed much from 

 theirs. 



Comparing my method with that of others, I would 

 call mine an "intensive" treatment. I use larger doses 

 than others use and give them more frequently. My 

 system consists of giving the methylene blue in half- 

 ounce doses, once daily for six days. I then allow a 

 week to pass without treatment and then give one- 

 half ounce every other day until another six doses 

 have been given. This completes the treatment. 



I give the methylene blue in capsules with a balling 

 gun, half an ounce to each cow as described above. 

 If there is a bull in the herd, he gets the same treat- 

 ment. Here is another place where my method dif- 

 fers from others ; I treat the bull the same as the cows. 

 Possibly the differences in my method are the points 

 that have so far made the treatment one-hundred per 

 cent perfect for me. I have been using doses about 

 ten or more times larger than were at first recom- 

 mended by the discoverers of the treatment. I have 



