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tific subjects. Some animals, having a mild attack, recover 
with ordinary intelligent treatment, while others having it in a 
more severe form, succumb, in spite of all our efforts. It is a 
parturient disease, characterized by a sudden suppression of 
milk, congestion of the brain and apoplexy. The excess of 
blood in the system, which before calving went to supply the 
foetus, instead of being diverted to the milk-producing channels, 
has been thrown back upon the system, and has a determination 
to the brain. This produces a state of coma, which has to run 
its course, and which terminates either favorably or unfavorably. 
Symptoms .—The first symptom usually occurs in from one to 
three days after calving. There will be a very sudden dimin¬ 
ished secretion of milk, loss of appetite, and rumination ceases. 
The respirations become hurried and plaintive. There will be 
knuckling at the fetlock, staggering gait, the animal sways from 
side to side, and finally falls, very frequently never to rise again. 
Treatment .—Many remedies have been prescribed. Some 
are good, others are worse than useless. Order the animal 
well bedded, and have sacks of straw packed around her, in 
order to keep her well upon the sternum. If called early 
administer magnesia sulphate, one pound. Give enemas of 
warm water and soap, and, if upon examination you find that 
the urine is not passed freely, it should be drawn with the cathe¬ 
ter, at intervals not exceeding six hours. If deglutition is not 
impaired, give stimulants at frequent intervals. If you do not 
get any action from your purgative, I recommend giving sulph. 
eserine, gr. I, and repeat in half-grain doses every hour until 
2^2 grains have been given. Apply mustard to the spinal 
column, and cold water or cracked ice to the head. As soon as 
the cow is able to rise, and her bowels have resumed their func¬ 
tions, give light sloppy food for a few days, and follow up for 
several days with tonics. 
Preventative measures —Give a mild saline laxative from 
three to five days previous to calving, and in many instances all 
trouble may be avoided, thus verifying the old saying, that “an 
ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” 
