KEPOETS OF CASES. 
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but the animal appeared so much better then, that I put it off 
and did not give him that dose for two days, in the meantime 
going into the Pasteur Institute, and asking if it would be 
safe to use it after being diluted so long, and was told it 
would. So I injected it, and the next morning a swelling as 
large as a man’s fist appeared very sore, and which had not 
gone entirely away when I saw the animal last, some two 
weeks ago. The first half-dose, injected immediately after 
being dissolved, caused no irritation, neither did the liquid 
agent; so I suppose that some poisonous change occurred 
during the two days of its being in solution. The animal was 
eating and feeling well when I saw him last, and I do not fear 
a relapse. 
A second case, though, a few days ago had quite a differ¬ 
ent course and termination. This animal had also been docked 
about a month before, and the end of the tail was, like the 
other, very sore. He was more nervous, and the jaws were 
tightly locked. I commenced at once using the dry anti¬ 
toxin, but as it seemed irritant, every injection causing a 
swelling the size of a hen’s egg, I procured the liquid, which 
worked better in this respect, and used altogether seven bot¬ 
tles, but the animal did not respond to it, but, on the contrary, 
grew worse, and we had him destroyed. 
I hope to hear from others using it. 
MILK FEVER. 
By Herbert S. Perley, V. S., St. Albans, Vt. 
There is nothing very peculiar about this case except that 
it recovered, and it is merely given because it introduces a 
new treatment which I believe originated with Dr. Frank 
Miller, ot Burlington, Vermont. 
On December 2d, I was called to attend a cow on the 
farm of the Franklin County Creamery Association. I found 
the animal, a five-year-old grade cow, heavy milker and feeder. 
She had dropped a healthy calf the day before, and had 
appeared well till that morning when she was seen to stagger 
and finally go down. 
