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champing; she could eat and drink but little. I prescribed 
fluid extract of gelsemium in one-ounce doses, every three 
hours, to stop these spasms, and it had the desired effect, but 
the cow was still unable to eat anything except gruel and per¬ 
haps a little grass if placed in her mouth, the power of prehen¬ 
sion apparently being lost. On examination I found that the 
epithelium on the nose, lips and tongue was very sore, and had 
the appearance of having been burned ; the skin on her teats 
was in the same condition. I prescribed a wash of sulphite of 
soda, which I afterwards changed to borax, and in a few days 
the epithelium pulled off the nose, bars of the mouth, end of the 
tongue and teats. About this time she became lame, especially 
in the front feet, examination revealed the same condition to 
exist between the digits, the borax wash was resorted to, and 
she made a complete recovery in a few days. The other case 
presented the identical symptoms, except that it occurred in a 
heifer with her first calf, and that the after-birth was passed 
naturally, and she appeared to be in perfect health for a month, 
when she suddenly developed the symptoms as related, and 
under the same treatment made rapid recovery. 
Now, gentlemen, in thanking you for your considerate at¬ 
tention, I would ask that you freely express your views on these 
cases, thus affording the writer the benefit he has sought to 
draw from you by recounting his experience. 
ACETANILID (OR ANTIFEBRIN). 
ByF.S. Allen, M.D., D.V.S., Philadelphia. 
A Paper read before the Pennsylvania State Veterinary Medical Association. 
Acetanilid was first employed in medicine by Cahn and 
Hepp. It is a white crystaline substance, readily soluble in 
water ; when taken into the mouth it causes a burning sensa¬ 
tion, which, however, is very slight. It is almost if not quite 
tasteless ; is, therefore, not disagreeable to take. Dr. Wood de¬ 
scribes it as bitter and piquant in taste. Acetanilid has long 
been known to the chemists, and is made by the action of glacial 
acetic acid upon anilin. Antifebrin is the name given to this 
