DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF GENERATION. 895 



Averse to being milked. The milk is often curdled, and sometimes 

 bloody. The trouble may stop here and terminate in resolution, or it 

 may go on to suppuration, the pus in some cases discharging inside and 

 coming away with the milk, and in others through an opening on the out- 

 side. Again, it may not suppurate at all, but become indurated and re- 

 main permanently enlarged, or gangrenous and slough off. 



The milder type of mammitis, that which is not connected with par- 

 turition, but is simply curdled milk or garget, yields readily to treatment. 



What to do. — If dependent upon calving, and the cow is fat and fever- 

 ish, give recipe No. 8. Foment the bag with hot water several times a 

 day, and as often as three or four times a day remove the milk that does 

 form and apply the following lotion : 



No. 50. 4 Ounces gum camphor, 



1 Pint olive oil. 



Mix. 



Rub well in three times a day. If the inflammation does not go out by 

 the time purgation ceases, give No. 19, repeating it morning and night 

 for a week or two. If the case goes on to 

 suppuration, and it breaks on the outside, 

 foment the bag, and inject recipe No. 9, two 

 or three times a day. In all cases where there 

 is much swelling, support the bag by a ban- .^^ ^^^ 

 dage passed around the body over the loins. 

 If a quarter sloughs off, dress the wound with 



,. „ J • • i. n ii i! n • METHOD OF SUPPORTING 



No. 9, and give mternally the foUowmg : the udder. 



No. 51. 1 Ounce sulphate of soda, 



2 Drachms nitrate of potash. 

 Mix. 



Give as one dose in a bran mash, and repeat it morning and night for 

 a week or two. Isolate the patient, on account of the smell. 



When it is merely a case of curdled milk (garget), give atablespoon- 

 ful of saltpetre night and morning in a bran mash, and milk her with 

 special care, to make sure of getting all the milk away. 



Xin. Sore Teats. 



Cows' teats are very apt to become chapped, cracked and very sore, 

 rendering the milking exceedingly painful to the cow and very annoying 

 to the milker. Unfortunately, the latter is often so thoughtless as to fly 

 mto a passion and abuse the cow. Great patience and kindness should 

 always be exercised in such cases, the milker taking plenty of time to 

 soften the sore teats well with the milk before attempting to squeeze them. 

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