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The solution consists of two to two and one-half 

 drachms of potassium iodide dissolved in one quart of 

 boiled water cooled to body temperature. One quar- 

 ter of the solution is injected into each quarter of the 

 gland. Before injection the udder is thoroughly 

 emptied of milk, and the surface cleansed and disin- 

 fected. Afterward the gland is carefully massaged in 

 order to force the solution through all of the milk 

 ducts if possible. 



If necessary, one or two subsequent injections may 

 be made at intervals of about eight hours. 



Etherized Air Treatment {Kortman). 



Finding that distension of the gland seemed to 

 exert a beneficial influence, whether with antiseptics or 

 sterile water, Kortman tried antiseptic gas in the 

 form of etherized air, to inflate the udder, with good 

 results. 



Oxygen Treatment {Kniisel) 



Knusel subsequently used oxygen with increasing 

 success. 



Atmospheric Air Treatment {Andersen) 



Andersen, of Scanderborg, Denmark, was the first 

 to use plain atmospheric air as an agent to distend the 

 gland, and with astonishing success. 



There is a special "milk fever" apparatus which 

 sterilizes the air as it passes through into the udder. 

 In cases of emergency, however, and when this 



