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period, we order that a dose be given every two hours 

 consisting of a half ounce of sodium bicarbonate and 

 of fluid extract taraxacum and of rhubarb, each an 

 ounce. 



At the end of this twelve or fifteen hour period 

 the cow is usually quite comfortable and the acute 

 manifestations of the disease are well under control. 



With this, as with all other treatments which we 

 have used, the case has now assumed a sort of mediocre 

 or sub-acute status. While the animal is free from 

 pain, eats well and is apparently on the road to a 

 rapid recovery, we find that from now on progress is 

 slow. In this stage we use an ointment of Phytolacca 

 locally and potassium iodid internally, continuing both 

 for a week at least. It is not rare to meet with 

 cases of this disease which are exceptionally stubborn 

 towards recovery and the veterinarian's skill as a 

 physician is taxed to the limit before he succeeds in 

 conquering them. In such cases polyvalent bacterins 

 frequently do much good. 



The cow should be on half rations during the en- 

 tire treatment. 



