234 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



tinued fomentation with warm water. A bucket of warm watei 

 replenished as it cools, may be set beneath the udder, and two person 

 can raise a rug out of this and hold it against the udder, dipping i 

 anew whenever the heat is somewhat lost. . Or a sheet may be passe* 

 around the body, with four holes cut for the teats and soft rags packei 

 between it and the udder, and kept warm by pouring on water as warr 

 as the hands can bear every ten or fifteen minutes. When this ha 

 been kept up for an hour or two the bag may be dried, well rubbei 

 with soap, and left thus with a soapy coating. If the pain is great 

 extract of belladonna may be applied along with the soap, and a dr; 

 suspensory bandage with holes for the teats may be applied. Stroni 

 mercurial ointment is very useful in relieving pain and softening th 

 bag. This is especially valuable when the disease is protracted am 

 induration threatens. It may be mixed with an equal amount o 

 soap and half the amount of extract of belladonna. In cases of threat 

 ened induration excellent results are sometimes obtained from i 

 weak induction current of electricity sent through the gland daily fo 

 ten minutes. 



If abscess threatens it may be favored by fomentation and opene< 

 as soon as fluctuation from finger to finger shows the formation o 

 matter at a point formerly hard. The wound may bleed freely, an< 

 there is a risk of opening a milk duct, yet relief will be secured, am 

 a dressing twice daily with a lotion of carbolic acid, 1 part, water, 2' 

 parts, and glycerin, 1 part, will suffice to keep the wound clean an( 

 healthy. 



Gangrene of the affected part is often fatal. It demands antisep 

 tics (chlorid of zinc, 1 dram to 1 quart water) applied frequently t< 

 the part, or, if the case can not be attended, smear the affected quar 

 ter with melted Venice turpentine, or even wood tar. Antiseptic 

 tonics (tincture of muriate of iron, 4 drams) may also be given fou 

 times daily in a quart of water. 



CONTAGIOUS MAMMITIS (CONTAGIOUS INFLAMMATION OF THE UDDER) 



As stated in the last article, that form of inflammation of the udde 

 which attacks the gland ducts and follicles, causing deep-seated, hard 

 nodular swellings, is often contagious. Pranck has demonstrate< 

 this by injecting into the milk ducts in different cows (milking an< 

 dry) the pus from the bags of cows affected with mammitis, or th 

 liquids of putrid flesh, or putrid blood, and in every case he produce< 

 acute inflammation of the gland tissue within twenty-four hours 

 He thinks that in ordinary conditions the septic germ gains access b; 

 propagating itself through the milk, filling the milk canal and oozinj 

 from the external orifice. He points to this as a reason why dry cow 

 escape the malady, though mingling freely with the sufferers, am 

 why such dry cows do not suffer from inflammation of the gland tissu 

 when attacked with foot-and-mouth disease. In this last case it i 



