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of fluid extract of belladonna and canabis indica, serve quite 
successful in cases where attention is given soon, recovering in 
from four to eight hours. Fatal cases occur in ten to twenty- 
four hours. 
In the cow metritis is not a very serious trouble, and 
usually yields readily to some of the treatment for same in the 
mare. Thorough cleansing of the uterus with aseptic injections 
being all that is necessary in many cases. 
Parturient Apoplexy is, however, far more serious. 
Symptoms .—Usually when called to a case the animal is 
already in the recumbent position, unable to rise, the head 
thrown around to the side, eyes dull, scarcely if at all sensible 
to the touch. Lacteal secretion very much diminished. Occurs 
from a few hours to three or four days after parturition. If the 
veterinarian’s attention is called to the case at the outset of the 
symptoms, he will find the animal in a somewhat nervous con¬ 
dition, a wild look about the eyes, some twitching of muscles or 
tossing of head, and on moving the cow she will show weakness 
of gait, not having proper control of her hind parts, and per¬ 
haps unable to proceed without falling. 
Treatment .—If seen while still able to be on her feet, draw¬ 
ing blood and applying cold to the head will sometimes be all 
that is necessary to a hasty recovery. The animal should never 
be given anything in the shape of a drench, on account of the 
danger of strangulation. When down, my directions for treat¬ 
ment are to put the animal in a comfortable position; a small 
sack of ice tied around the horns or to a halter; the cow made 
to lie on her chest by keeping her head around to the side, and 
a log, box or some convenient packing under the shoulder of 
the opposite side. A thin sheet, taken from a bucket of cold 
water, and placed over her baek, this to be covered with plenty 
of good dry covers, and the sheet to be resaturated whenever it 
becomes dry and warm. Occasional stripping at the teats, thus 
stimulating secretion, and the administration hypodermically, 
every two hours, of two and one-half grains of muriate of pilo¬ 
carpine in solution. 
