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treatment is very successful. It is quite important 

 that the case be taken in hand promptly because, to a 

 great extent, the degree of functionating which again 

 develops as a result of the treatment depends upon 

 the length of time that the glands have been idle. A 

 case of this kind properly treated within a day or 

 two after the milk secretion stops will usually come 

 up to the normal output of milk again. 



The treatment consists wholly of the administration 

 of two well known alkaloids, pilocarpin and strychnin. 



Four grains of pilocarpin hydro-chlorid and two and 

 a half grains of strychnin sulphate are dissolved in 

 a pint of water. This is divided into three doses, 

 one to be given orally every three hours. 



Nothing further is required and usually the glands 

 resume their function promptly. Changed feed or 

 special feed does not seem to hasten recovery in these 

 cases. The fact that such feeds which are in ordinary 

 cases more or less of a galactogogue have no effect in 

 this disease is further evidence that we are dealing 

 here with a trophic nerve disturbance more than any- 

 thing else. 



