DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF GENERATION. 893. 



gas, causing marked interference with the breathing ; convulsions set in, 

 and death soon follows. 



The post-mortem shows a fat, full body, blood vessels full of fluid, 

 black blood, and purple spots on the brain and spinal column and in other 

 parts of the body. There are many other abnormal appearances in th© 

 brain, most of which can only be distinguished by an expert 



What to do. — Prevention is the main thing. If the cow is manifestly 

 plethoric, give light, soft diet, with laxatives (No. 8 is excellent) once or 

 twice a week for three weeks before calving. When the attack comes, if 

 the cow is seen in the first stage, when the pulse is always full, bleed 

 freely, and give recipe No. 26 ; after two hours give No. 20, repeating the 

 latter every two or three hours as long as necessary. Give injections also 

 every few minutes. Apply cold water and i©e to the head, and heat in 



PARTU11IE>.T APOPLEXT. 



the form of hot rugs, hot smoothing irons, etc., to the body. If the 

 purgative does not work, give a hypodermic injection of No. 40, repeat- 

 ing it every two hours. If these means fail, open the jugular vein, and 

 inject a pint of clean, tepid water. During convalescence, treat the same 

 as for puerperal fever. If she recovers, do not breed her again, but sell 

 her to the butcher ; for, as before mentioned, it is almost certain to occur 

 again, and at no distant day to end in death. 



If it is necessary to give any drenches during the coma, use the stomach 

 pump, to guard against turning them in upon the lungs. 



PARTURIENT PARESIS OR MILK FEVER. 



Inflate the udder with pure air using an instrument especially made 

 for the purpose, or in the absence of this use a bicycle pump by append- 

 ing a reducer so that entrance may be made into the end of the teat. 

 Disinfect adjacent air with carbolic acid and water. Give the cow No. 26. 



X. LeucorrliCBa, or Whites. 

 This is catarrh of the vagina and womb, with a chronic discharge of a 

 muco-purulent, white fluid that hangs around the vulva and tail, and has 

 a very offensive odor. It is not attended with serious constitutional dis- 

 turbance, but sometimes causes nymphomania or "bullers." Such cows 

 rarely breed, and even if they do so, are apt to abort. Sometimes the 

 discharge is so profuse as to keep the cow poor. 



