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stance as mastitis or teat strictures; and we confess 

 that in many instances we have not taken the anti- 

 septic precautions demanded. We attribute our 

 "luck;" to the aversion we have towards tapes and 

 rubber bands for holding the air in the udder. Some 

 of our friends in practice who were using tapes or 

 rubber bands had cases of stricture and mastitis as 

 sequelaj at times. 



When all four quarters have been properly inflated 

 it has been the custom to give from a quarter to a 

 grain of strychnin sulphate hypodermically. For some 

 time we have been using atropin sulphate, in doses 

 from a quarter to a half grain, in place of the strych- 

 nin. The result has been a quicker response to the 

 treatment and a more prompt complete recovery. 



When we have given the atropin injection we see 

 to it that the cow is thickly covered with blankets, 

 the object being to hasten the rise of the body tempera- 

 ture to normal, toward which desirable end the atropin 

 injection plays no small part. 



In our experience we have found that when the tem- 

 perature rises to normal the animal is able to get on 

 her feet. In atypical cases the temperature is no guide 

 to the animal's condition. In typical cases tlie tem- 

 perature is a vert] reliable guide, so much so with us 

 that, when the temperature approaches normal we con- 

 sider the fight won. After giving the atropin and 

 applying several layers of blankets we take the tem- 

 perature every fifteen minutes. In most cases it be- 

 gins to rise promptly and usually reaches normal be- 

 fore three hours elapse. As the temperature rises the 

 coma lessens, the cow becomes brighter and indulges 

 in frequent acts of normally performed deglutition. 



We do not wait for the cow to arise voluntarily; 

 as soon as she is fairly bright, with a normal or near- 



