T24 VETERINARY OBSTETRICS. 
Parturient Paralysis (post-partum). 
This condition may be seen in any of the domestic 
animals, is most common in the Cow, and follows 
shortly after parturition. 
The cause and pathology are not well understood. 
Some authorities believe it is due to a strain of the 
pelvic ligaments. Others, that the spinal cord is at 
fault, or, that the cord may not be affected, but the 
nerves supplying the hind extremities are, or that there 
is some derangement of the sympathetic nervous system. 
Symptoms.—The animal gets down, and is unable to 
rise. On an examination being made at once, it will 
be found that all the functions of the body appear 
normal, but the power of motion, and sometimes of 
sensation, is lost,—always motion first. There may be 
no response to stimuli beyond the lumbar region of the 
spinal cord. If the animal is allowed to lie, all the 
other functions soon become interfered with, and in 
twenty-four hours afterwards it may be very easy to 
confound this with one of “parturient apoplexy.” 
The ¢veatment consists in giving a laxative, to be 
followed by stimulants and afterwards tonics. A 
stimulating blister to the spine; the rectum and bladder 
to be kept relieved. Nerve tonics and galvanism will 
be found efficacious. 
Phlegmasia Dolens. 
This condition is more common in the human 
subject than in the lower animals. It appears generally 
a few days after parturition. 
It is due to an obstruction of the lymphatics of one 
or more limbs, or of the femoral, or femoral and iliac 
