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Perhaps the most satisfactory medical treatment is 

 to use what is known as the Schmidt treatment. 

 This is nothing more than injecting into the udder 

 a solution made by dissolving in one quart of clean 

 boiled water 3 teaspoonfuls of iodide of potash, 

 after stripping all milk from the udder. A very- 

 satisfactory way is to get a rubber tube, attach it 

 to a common milking tube which is placed into the 

 teats in turn and pour the solution into the tube 

 by means of a funnel. By massaging the udder 

 the solution can be worked into each quarter in a 

 short time without difficulty. 



In case iodide of potash is not available, inject 

 air into the udder after drawing out the milk. I 

 have known of many cases where air has been forced 

 into the udder by means of a bicycle pump, and the 

 animal recovered in a very short time. If the dis- 

 ease does not respond to the treatment with readi- 

 ness, repeat in a few hours, say, anywhere from 

 five to ten hours after. Cold water or ice on the 

 head is advisable. The use of stimulants is also 

 recommended. Whiskey can be given in doses of 

 10 to 15 tablespoonfuls and Jamaica ginger 6 to 8 

 tablespoonfuls. Milk the cow frequently and mas- 

 sage the udder, bathing in hot water. 



After the cow is on the way to recovery, with- 

 hold milk-stimulating foods for a few days and give 

 some tonic like gentian and nux vomica, half and 

 half, 2 or 3 tablespoonfuls two or three times a day. 



MONDAY MORNING SICKNESS.— See Azo- 

 turia. 



NASAL GLEET.— When a cold or simple 

 catarrh is neglected it may run into a chronic con- 

 dition giving rise to nasal gleet. A thin, bluish dis- 

 charge comes from the nose; and the membranes 

 of the nostrils, instead of being moist and pink in 



