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OXYGEN. I 



This element has of late come into deservedly great repute 

 as a "cure" for Parturient Paresis. 



Statistics up to this time show at least 95 per cent of re- 

 coveries. 



The other 5 per cent, in most instances dying as a result of 

 ignorant treatment; causing mechanical pneumonia from drench- 

 ing when the patient was unconscious. 



Oxygen is used in the treatment of this disease in two ways, 

 first and most scientific and devoid of danger is by the use of 

 Compressed Oxygen in tanks. 



The most convenient of which is the "Lennox" made by The 

 Lennox Chemical Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 



Its height is 12 inches, diameter 3*4 inches, weight 5^2 lbs, 

 and holds 40 gallons of oxygen. — This gas is guaranteed pure 

 and has no irritating effects. 



To use oxygen in this form, the rubber tube leading from the 

 tank is attached to a milking tube and the gas allowed to flow 

 slowly into the udder, changing as the quarter becomes filled, 

 then gently massage the udder and repeat if necessary. 



The flow of gas is regulated by a valve. The treatment 

 is absolutely harmless. 



The other method is to inject pure air by means of a tube 

 and a bicycle pump or similar contrivance. 



The dangers of this method lay in the possible introduction of 

 septic germs which may be floating in the air. 



TALLIANINE. 



Tallianine is an Ozonized Terpene, said to give four vol- 

 umes of Ozone for each volume of liquid. 



It is a thin, pale amber colored, volatile liquid of an ethereal 

 odor. 



It is dispensed in hermetically sealed glass tubes containing 

 10 c.c. (about 150 minims) of the liquid. (Equivalent to 46 

 c.c. of Ozone. ) 



Dose. — Horses, 10 to 20 cubic centimetres ; cattle, 20 to 40 

 c.c. ; degs, 1 to 5 c.c, administered, usually once in 24 hours 



