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apparatus has not been available, small air-pumps, such 

 as those used to inflate bicycle-tires, or the bulb and 

 tube of a thermo-cautery, and Avith a m;lk!ng-tubc, or 

 small plated canula attached, have been adopted with 

 success. 



All instruments, the skin of the gland and teats, the 

 hands of the operator, etc., should be thoroughly dis- 

 infected, and the gland emptied of milk, previous to 

 injection. After distension has been accomplished, a 

 short length of clean white tape, passed and tied firmly 

 round each teat, will assist in preventing escape of the 

 air. Massage should then be employed to distend the 

 smaller ducts. 



The author reported a case in the American Vet- 

 erinary Review (Vol. xxix. No. 2, page 182), where, 

 with the air treatment, the interval, from a state of 

 coma, until the cow was on her feet and eating, was 

 only two and one-half hours. 



Eclampsia. 



According to some authorities, this disease, if not 

 identical, bears a strong resemblance to eclampsia of 

 the human female. 



Eclampsia affects the Cow, Goat, Bitch, and per- 

 haps the Sow. In these animals, convulsions may be 

 looked upon as a constant symptom, simulating to a 

 considerable degree the convulsive or epileptiform 

 attacks in woman. 



Symptoms. — The disease may attack the Cow at any 

 age ; occasionally prior to, but oftener after the act of 



