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vive the ordeal of parturition and its probable com- 

 plications. The milk output is decidedly curtailed and 

 sometimes entirely lacking. If there should happen 

 to be a considerable degree of dystocia, or an infec- 

 tion following on complete or partial retention of the 

 secundines, the cow will probably succumb. 



It has been our experience that, where the case 

 comes into our hands at the time of the first hemor- 

 rhage or soon thereafter, we can carry the cow through 

 the period of gestation to an uneventful parturition, 

 and prevent recurrence of the hemorrhage. 



Our remedy is iron, and we give it in the form of 

 the tincture of ferric chlorid once or twice a day in 

 one ounce doses, diluted with water. No further 

 bleeding occurs and the cow improves in condition 

 promptly. 



HEMORRHAGE FOLLOWING DEHORNING 



Dehorning is now and then followed by persistent 

 bleeding, the subjects as a rule being unthrifty young- 

 sters. Fatal hemorrhage after dehorning is very rare, 

 but we have seen alarming symptoms, a good many 

 times, result from prolonged dripping in weakly stock. 



"While it is not a very difficult matter to control 

 the hemorrhage, the means employed should do as 

 little damage as possible. We have frequently seen 

 severe catarrhal involvement of the sinuses and nares 

 from injudicious treatment of a hemorrhage of this 

 kind. 



If the patient is quite young and tractable, the liest 

 m.eans for checking the bleeding consists of a wad of 

 absorbent cotton and a bandage. The cotton can first 

 be saturated with an ordinary antiseptic solution; it 



