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according to condition of the patient, may do good, but with me 
when I have found the animal comatose, I have given medicines 
sparingly and carefully. Those animals that have made the best 
recovery were the ones I did not give large doses of physic 
to. In them I have felt hardened faeces pass into the rectum and 
the cow get up and go to eating, not passing any faeces for some 
hours afterwards. Stimulants in small quantities, often repeated, 
given with a small syringe, so that the medicine has a chance to 
pass through the fauces to the stomach, instead of partly running 
into the bronchial tubes, as it will surely do if given in large 
quantities. I gave belladonna in two cases that recovered and it 
seemed to act very nicely, following it up with stimulants. I 
tried the same treatment on others and could not see any benefit 
from it or the stimulants either. Mustard water rubbed well in 
along the spine acts very nicely. If there is any treatment at all 
to recommend it surely is of a stimulating nature rather than 
depletives. 
Hill speaks of a preventive treatment as being the best cure. 
I agree with him, but am sorry to say I have not had much bene¬ 
fit from preventives. Take the first case of the three I spoke 
of previously, along with another fatal one. No animal could 
have been better prepared or more care taken of as to feed, exercise, 
etc., than they w r ere. I gave chlorate and nitrate of potash to 
one a short time previous to calving; also gave a laxative dose 
two days before and again right after calving; this proved to be 
a very bad case. Another that died was prepared by a laxative 
dose before calving and a dose of physic after, all of which acted 
nicely, but she died twelve hours after she went down. One of 
my patrons thought perhaps his stables and surroundings were 
not healthy. I disinfected with chlorine gas, and sent some to 
other places to calve, but the result was the same. 
Prof. McIntosh, of the veterinary department in Illinois Uni¬ 
versity, claims to have good results with the following: 
Spts. nit. ether, xx 3 
Spts. amm. arom., x § 
Mixed, give three ounces in a half pint of water every half 
hour till five doses are given, then three ounces every hour till the 
