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glassy appearance. The pupils of the eyes are enlarged. She 

 breathes a little heavy. Her nose is dry, and she does not 

 take any notice of things around her. Try to milk her and 

 only a little comes out at a time. There is very little or no 

 passage from the bowels, and if you prick her with a pin she 

 cannot feel it. A few hours after this, if she does not get 

 relief, she becomes delirious, moans heavily, lies stretched 

 out, and constantly tosses her head about. The bag con- 

 tinues to get softer, and after a while, when you try to milk 

 her, no milk will come. She gradually gets worse and soon 

 dies. 



In a certain instance we were called to treat a case of 

 milk fe-ver, but owing to the distance — it being four hours 

 before we could reach her — the cow breathed her last just as 

 we arrived. We mention this to impress the necessity of 

 prompt action and also the great importance of thoroughly 

 understanding the nature of the disease. The treatments 

 following are, so far as we are able to ascertain, the only 

 successful methods of coping with it. 



Treatment. — Treatment must be prompt in order to be 

 effective. If the cow is on her feet and able to swallow with- 

 out difficulty, give 



Epsom Salts 1 pound. 



Bitter Aloes 1 ounce. 



Nitrate of Potash, or Saltpetre 1 large teaspoonful. 



Bicarbonate of Soda and Ginger... 1 dessertspoonful each. 



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

 Put her in a cool, airy stable and tie a bag containing broken 

 ice to the head between the horns, keeping the ice to the head 

 until she is relieved. Milk her dry, and sponge the bag thor- 

 oughly with warm water so as to soften and clean it. Take 

 a pint of clean boiling water, allow it to cool down to luke- 

 warm ; to this add fifty grains of iodide of potassium and stir 

 thoroughly until dissolved. By the aid of a teat syphon and 

 small rubber syringe inject one quarter of this mixture 

 through the passage of each teat up into the bag. After in- 

 jecting, give the bag a thorough hand rubbing in order to 

 work the medicine well up around the milk glands. In case 

 she should get off her feet watch her carefully so that she 

 cannot injure the bag by lying on it. Turn her from side to 

 side every four hours, keeping her lying up well on her breast 

 bone. If her bowels are not free give her injections of half 

 a pail of lukewarm water every four hours. If she does not 



