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a calf bed or anything that irritates the womb will cause it 

 Being put to the bull too often may cause it. 



Symptoms. — A nasty, whitish discharge, which has a bad 

 smell, passes from the vulva. It is often noticed after she 

 makes water. From the effects of this she loses flesh and 

 gets poor, weak and hide-bound. 



Treatment. — Give half-pound doses of Epsom salts dis 

 solved in a pint of lukewarm water, twice a week to keep 

 the bowels free. Oil the hand, pass it through the passage 

 to the neck of the womb, and gradually open it up with the 

 fingers until large enough to pass the hand into the womb. 

 Then with a pail of lukewarm water, soap and a sponge wash 

 the womb and passage out until it is nice and clean. Bathe 

 the womb well with a teaspoonful of sulphate of zinc dis- 

 solved in a pint of water. This heals the womb and drys dp 

 the discharge. 



In the course of a week, if the discharge is not stopped, 

 dress the womb again in the same manner. Continue the 

 salts once or twice a week, according to its action on the 

 bowels, and, if in the spring of the year, let her out to grass. 



13. Paralysis. 



Causes. — Paralysis is the result of injury to the muscles 

 or nerves of the back, and may happen during calving. 



Symptoms. — Inability to raise upon the feet is the most 

 apparent symptom. Otherwise th« cow appears healthy. This 

 disease need not alarm you for. as a general thing, she gets 

 all right in a few days. 



Treatment. — Give 



Epsom Salts 1 pound. 



Sweet Spirits of Nitre 1 ounce or 4 dessertspoonfuls. 



Mix in a quart of lukewarm water and give as a drench. 



Keep her body warn with blankets, and apply a quarter of a 



pound of mustard, mixed in vinegar, over the back every 



second day. Feed soft food, with boiled flaxseed in it. Milk 



her out twice a day, and also turn her over from side to side 



twice a day, but never, under any circumstances, put her in 



slings. 



14. Milk Fever (Parturient Apoplexy). 



This is one of the most fatal diseases cows are subject 

 to ; and mostly affects well-fed, fat cows that calve during the 



