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a calf bed or anything that irritates the womb will cause it. 
Being put to the bull too often may cause it. 
Symptoms. — A nasty, whitish discharge, which has a bad 
smell, passes from the vulva. It is often noticed after she 
makes water. From the effects of this she loses flesh and 
^ets poor, weak and hide-bound. 
Treatment. — Give half-pound doses of Epsom salts dis- 
solved in a pint of lukewarm water, twice a week to keep 
the bowels free. Oil the hand, pass it through the passage 
to the neck of the womb, and gradually open it up with the 
fingers until large enough to pass the hand into the womb. 
Then with a pail of lukewarm water, soap and a sponge wash 
the womb and passage out until it is nice and clean. Bathe 
the womb well with a teaspoonful of sulphate of zinc dis- 
solved in a pint of water. This heals the womb and drys ap 
the discharge. 
In the course of a week, if the discharge is not stopped, 
dress the womb again in the same manner. Continue the 
salts once or twice a week, according to its action on the 
bowels, and, if in the spring of the year, let her out to grass. 
13. Paralysis. 
Causes. — Paralysis is the result of injury to the muscles 
or nerves of the back, and may happen during calving. 
Symptoms. — Inability to raise upon the feet is the most 
apparent symptom. Otherwise the cow appears healthy. This 
disease need not alarm you for, as a general thing, she gets 
all right in a few days. 
Treatment. — Give 
Epsom Salts 1 pound. 
Sweet Spirits of Nitre 1 ounce or 4 dessertspoonfuls. 
Mix in a quart of lukewarm water and give as a drench. 
Keep her body warn with blankets, and apply a quarter of a 
pound of mustard, mixed in vinegar, over the back every 
second day. . Feed soft food, with boiled flaxseed in it. Milk 
her out twice a day, and also turn her over from side to side 
twice a day, but never, under any circumstances, put her in 
slings. 
14. Milk Fever (Parturient Apoplexy). 
This is one of the most fatal diseases cows are subject 
to, and mostly aflPects well-fed, fat cows that calve during the 
