428 DISEASES OF THE GENITAL ORGANS. 



appearance of the milk secretion, "a phenomenon which is perhaps 

 due to the imagination of females that they are pregnant and at 

 the period of delivery." Eberhardt^ relates the case of a well-bred 

 female retriever dog which was used to drop young ones every year 

 in June ; one year when she had not been served she showed symp- 

 toms of gestation and gave milk. Friedberger^ has observed 

 similar phenomena in a bitch and in a mare. Delafond,^ Buffon,* 

 Bassi/ Hering, and others have made similar observations. 

 This anomaly, which is well known in woman, is not rare in the 

 females of our domestic species. In the dog we often have occasion 

 to observe a transient lactation which is independent of gestation 

 and delivery. 



" EïizooUg agalactia j'^ observed in the ewe and goat by Oreste, 

 Brusasco, and several other authors, an agalactia which was accom- 

 panied by lameness, blindness, etc., belongs evidently to the domain 

 of poisonings or infections. 



2. Watery Milk. 



Watery milk is characterized by a relatively too small proportion 

 of fat and casein to the amount of water ; its coloration is bluish 

 and its specific gravity higher (the specific gravity of skimmed milk 

 is greater than that of fresh milk).^ 



Etiology. The causes of this anomaly are : a too watery ali- 

 mentation of poor quality, the exclusive feeding of malt, swill, 

 turnips, and turnip leaves, etc.; stomachal or intestinal diseases, 

 cachectic and hydremic conditions. Watery milk is sometimes a 

 peculiarity of the race. 



Treatment. The treatment ought to vary according to the case. 

 Its principal indications are ; change of regimen, alimentation with 

 dry food, and the administration of stomachics. The following is a 

 good formula : 



R. — Chloride of sodium 200 grammes. 



Powdered caraway seed, 



Powdered gentian, > ââ , . . .50 " 



Powdered calamus, j 

 A tablespoonful at each meal. 



1 Eberhardt: Magazin, 1859. 



* Friedberger : MUnch. Jahresber., 1873-74. 



» Delafond: Recueil Vet., 1857. * Buffon : Histoire Naturelle. 



5 Bassi : Il Méd, Vét., 1860. « Feser : Vortr. f. Thierârzte, Erste Série. 



