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THE VETERINARY SCIENCE 
glassy appearance. The pupils of the eyes are enlarged. She 
breathes a little heavy. Her nose is dry, and she does not 
take any notice of things around her. Try to milk her and 
only a little comes out at a time. There is very little or no 
passage from the bowels, and if you prick her with a pin she 
cannot feel it. A few hours after this, if she does not get 
relief, she becomes delirious, moans heavily, lies stretched 
out, and constantly tosses her head about. The bag con- 
tinues to get softer, and after a while, when you try to milk 
her, no milk will come. She gradually gets worse and soon 
dies. 
In a certain instance we were called to treat a case of 
milk fever, but owing to the distance — it being four hours 
before we could reach her — the cow breathed her last just as 
we arrived. We mention this to impress the necessity of 
prompt action and also the great importance of thoroughly 
understanding the nature of the disease. The treatments 
following are, so far as we are able to ascertain, the only 
successful methods of coping with it. 
Treatment. — Treatment must be prompt in order to be 
effective. If the cow is on her feet and able to swallow with- 
out difBcuity, give 
Epsom Salts , 1 pound. 
Bitter Aloes 1 ounce. 
Nitrate o( Potash, or Saltpetre 1 large teaspoonful. 
Bicarbonate of Soda and Ginger...! dessertspoonful each. 
Mix in a quart of lukewarm water and give as a drench. 
Put her in a cool, airy stable and tie a bag containing broken 
ice to the head between the horns, keeping the ice to the head 
until she is relieved. Milk her dry, and sponge the bag thor- 
oughly with warm water so as to soften and clean it. Take 
a pint of clean boiling water, allow it to cool down to luke- 
warm ; to this add fifty grains of .iodide of potassium and stir 
thoroughly until dissolved. By the aid of a teat syphon and 
small rubber syringe inject one quarter of this mixture 
through the passage of each teat up into the bag. After in- 
jecting, give the bag a thorough hand rubbing in order to 
work the medicine well up around the milk glands. In case 
she should get off her feet watch her carefully so that she 
cannot injure the bag by lying on it. Turn her from side to 
side every four hours, keeping her lying up well on her breast 
bone. If her bowels are not free give her injections of half 
a pail of lukewarm water every four hours. If she does not 
