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PROLAPSUS UTERI IN THE COW. 
By Mr. Koubelda. 
A case of this nature had resisted all forms of manipulation, 
and as a dernier resort, the following treatment was adopted, with 
perfect success. After carefully washing the mucous membrane 
with a solution of alum, the operator procured a large snowball? 
which he pressed against the organ at its most dependent extremity, 
slowly pushing it inwards and upon itself. This, however, ap¬ 
pearing to work with difficulty, the organ was pushed upwards 
and inwards with a deep plate full of snow pressed against the 
vulva, while with both hands the mass was compressed and guided, 
and a few minutes perseverance in this manipulation effected a 
complete reduction. A few balls of snow pushed into the uterus 
and replaced by others as soon as they are dissolved, may always 
be relied on for effecting a complete recovery in similar cases.— 
Mon. des Vereines der Thierarzte. 
TREATMENT OF BOVINE ACTINOMYCOSIS WITH IODIDE OF 
POTASSA. 
By Mr. Furthmeyer. 
This affection is very difficult to cure. Professor Thomassen 
claims that it is only in cases where the local application of iodine 
is combined with the internal administration of iodide of potassa 
that recovery can be looked for. Mr. Furthmeyer has prescribed 
the iodide to three cows affected with actinomycosis, giving ten 
gramms daily in a quart of tepid water. After the first dose, 
one of the cows stopped eating for twenty-four hours and the sali¬ 
vation diminished in all of them on the second day. On the fourth 
day it had entirely stopped, and at the same time a general erup¬ 
tion, with abundant thick mucous nasal discharge took place. The 
treatment was then suspended for two days, and resumed and con¬ 
tinued again for six. The yellowish ulcers which existed before 
the treatment had become whitish, hard and painless to the touch. 
One of the cows lost the entire lingual epithelium. The disease 
disappeared, seven animals which were treated in the same'manner 
all recovering.— Ibid. 
