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teats. I have seen cases where one of the teats 

 had been left untouched. If the matter should 

 form in spite of all our efforts, warm poultices of 

 linseed meal should be applied, and when the ab- 

 scess is ready it should be opened with a sharp 

 knife, and when the matter is all discharged the 

 wound should be dressed with a little of the fol- 

 lowing lotion: Linseed oil, five ounces; carbolic 

 acid, two drams; camphor gum, two drams; mix 

 and shake up each time it is used. Twice a day 

 will be often enough to dress it. If well attended 

 to, it usually heals without doing much damage 

 to the udder. In cases where mortification sets 

 in, it is easily distinguished by its dark color; is in- 

 sensible and cold to the touch. When cut into, 

 instead of bleeding a little, a dark-colored fluid 

 will exude from the cut. 



The treatment requires to be of a stimulating 

 and tonic nature. The following I find to be a 

 good one: Sweet spirits of nitric ether, two 

 ounces; tincture of ginger, two ounces; tincture 

 of gentian, two ounces; mix and give at one dose 

 in a quart of gruel. Give a dose of this size three 

 times daily until the animal is well. In order to 

 save the life of the animal all the mortified part 

 will have to be removed by the knife. I have op- 

 erated on several cases with success. As an illus- 

 tration, I will describe one of the cases operated 

 on. I was called to see a short-horned cow which 

 had been suffering from a severe attack of inflam- 

 mation of the udder for several days. I found 

 the animal in a bad state, the udder very much 



