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CHAS. SCHMITT. 
“ 5. The stump of the cord and the umbilicus shall be 
washed with the following solution : 
Rain water ----- 1 litre. 
Crystals of iodine - 2 grammes. 
Iodide of potassium - - - 4 
“ 6. The disinfection of the umbilicus and of the cord shall 
be completed by being coated with 
Methylic alcohol - - - 1 litre. 
Crystals of iodine - 2 grammes. 
u 7. The operation will be closed, after the alcohol has 
evaporated, by coating the cord and umbilicus with a thick 
layer of iodide collodion (1 per cent.) applied with a brush. 
Once the collodion is dried, the calf may be left to the care of its 
mother.” 
Those measures are very simple ; they only demand care on 
the part of the interested. If they are closely followed, I have 
the conviction that they will be sufficient to protect calves 
from white scour.* 
It is certain that the scientific study of the disease is far 
from being complete. My intention is to continue it in my 
laboratory at Alfort. with the material that I have collected at 
Limerick. 
I shall have the honor to make known the results later on. 
INTUSSUSCEPTION OF THE BOWEL IN THE OX. 
By Dr. Chas. Schmitt, Dodgkville, Wis. 
The subject which I have chosen is one that receives but 
little attention ; first, because it is one of the diseases that is not 
recognized at its early stages; secondly, very little is known 
about its causes, although its nature and its conditions are quite 
* Since this communication I have received from Professor Mettam a letter inform¬ 
ing me that this treatment is applied in many farms of the county of Munster. It is yet 
too early to appreciate the results; but M. Mettam says that in a farm where, out of 21 
calves born before the application of the treatment, 12 had died with white scour, none 
of those born since have succumbed. 
