PARTURIENT PARESIS 



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COMPARATIVE REVIEW. 



SEPTIC METRITIS. 



ACOTE PUERPBKAL 

 SEPTICAEMIA. 



PUTRID PUERPERAL 

 INTOXICATION. 



1. Sets in on third or 

 fourth day after birth. 



2. Temperature 39.5 to 

 40.5° C. 



3, Pulse normal or 

 slightly accelerated. 



4. The uterus contains a 

 fetid chocolate colored 

 liquid with remains of 

 afterbirth. 



. In 20 per cent, of the 

 cases recovery may 

 take place. The dis- 

 ease may also termin- 



. ate fatally in four or 

 five days or take a 

 subacute course. 



Sets in two or three 

 days after birth with 

 symptoms of serious 

 illness. 



Temperature up to 41.5° 

 C. 



Pulse and respiration 

 frequent. Mucous 

 membrane injected, 

 slightly icteric. 



The uterus occasionally 

 contains a portion of 

 the afterbirth. Puer- 

 peral ulcers are found 

 upon the mucous mem- 

 brane of the vagina 

 and vulva. Putrefac- 

 tion need not be pres- 

 ent. 



The course is fatal in 

 almost all cases with- 

 in one to three days. 



Sets in on fourth or fifth 

 day after birth and 

 even later. 



Temperature normal. 



Pulse normal. 



The uterus contains pie- 

 ces of the afterbirth 

 lying in a fetid brown 

 fluid. 



Early treatment may be 

 followed by recovery. 

 Where saprsemia is 

 well established (seri- 

 ous illness with symp- 

 toms of paralysis) the 

 course is usually un- 

 favorable. 



8. — Parturient Paresis. 



By parturient paresis, a name originated by Sclimidt- 

 Miilheim, is understood a disease of the central nervous system, 

 occurring in the cow during the first few days after parturition, 

 rarely before or during birth. It is a disease characterized by 

 an acute course, attacking mostly cows five to eight years old, 

 and whicli have been fed well and are heavy milkers. 



History. J. G. Eberhard described this disease already 



in 1793 under the name of " Moerzickte." He gives a detailed 



