1 2 2 VETERINARY OBSTETRICS. 



warm clothing; and antiseptic uterine douches. (CreoHn 

 is highly recommended.) Similar treatment has also 

 been successful in the hands of other practitioners. 

 Dr. Perley, of St. Albans, Vt, records a number of 

 consecutive recoveries from the nux vomica, or strychnia 

 treatment. 



When the animal is in an excited condition, it will 

 be necessary to have her secured so as to prevent her 

 injuring herself. When down and comatose, she should 

 be propped on her sternum, with sacks filled with hay, 

 or by some other means, and she should be changed 

 from one side to the other every few hours. When 

 convalesence, which is extremely rapid in some cases, 

 is established, it is well that the diet should be judiciously 

 regulated, and nerve tonics administered for several 

 days. 



As this disease is liable to recur at subsequent 

 parturitions, the advisability of breeding again from a 

 Cow is very questionable, unless every precaution is 

 taken previous to the next calving period. 



Iodide of Potash Treatment {Schmidt) . 



Based on the theory that the cause of parturient 

 apoplexy (parturient paresis) was the absorption of 

 leucomaines from the udder, Schmidt, of Kolding, 

 Denmark, recommended the injection, into the mam- 

 mary gland, of a solution of potassium iodide to pre- 

 vent the further formation of the toxin, and to neutral- 

 ize that already present. 



