SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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DISCUSSION. 
The President: Dr. Brown has given us quite an exhaust¬ 
ive discussion of his theme, and has presented many phases 
of thought upon this very doubtful subject. It merits thor¬ 
ough discussion. 
1 he Secretary: It occurs to me that the paper very fully 
canvasses the etiology and symptomatology and shows a 
comparative relationship between indigestion and parturient 
apoplexy. Many quotations are made from Prof. Williams' 
work on veterinary medicine, but I notice none from the re¬ 
cent papers by Dr. W. L. Williams, of Purdue University, and 
Dr. Tait Butler, of Mississippi Agricultural College, which 
papers discussed the cause and symptoms of this disease. I 
have had very little experience in the treatment or study of 
this disease. I call to mind a recent case, seen in that stage 
where difficult locomotion is a prominent symptom; she laid 
down from weakness several times while traveling about 
two hundred feet to shelter from an impending storm. Other 
symptoms characteristic. Administered this cathartic dose: 
magnesia sulphate sixteen ounces, soda sulphate sixteen 
ounces, powdered gentian one ounce and powdered ginger 
one-half ounce. Water sufficient to make a quart. Ordered 
the attendant to repeat the dose in one hour. The owner re¬ 
ported the animal better the next morning and the case 
recovered without further attention. A successful Omaha 
veterinarian employs this medication with copious rectal in¬ 
jections of warm soap-suds. He claims a high percentage of 
recoveries. 
Dr. Norton: My experience in the treatment of this dis¬ 
ease is limited, but I think nux vomica has served me well in 
a few cases. 
Dr. Morse: I have been treating these cases lately with 
chloride of ammonium, and it seems to act nicely. I cannot 
explain how it acts, but consider it a useful agent. I give it 
in tablespoonful doses, repeated every few minutes for several 
doses. In the first trial l made with it, the owner was in¬ 
formed that there was no probability of recovery, but no 
harm could come from the use o( the drug. The cow was 
