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same time the milk drawn; also give an enema at this time; ha' 
the nurse remain with her day and night to see that she is kept 
the proper position, for in no disease is there more careful nursir 
needed. If there is a perfect inability to deglutition, I administ 
medicine with a stomach pump. If tympanitis should be presec 
give bicarb, soda with caminatives, hyposulphate soda, etc.; ha^ 
also used turpentine and ammonia with very good results, b 
should there not be prompt relief I puncture the rumen wi 
trocar and canula. I sometimes leave the canula remain for tl 
introduction of medicines and formation of gases. Should tl 
animal be unable to rise to her feet after the disappearance 
the disease, I administer grain doses of strychnine two or thr< 
times a day, with blisters to the spine. In some few cases I ha 1 
had to use the actual cautery before the animals were able to ri 
to their feet. They usually can turn themselves at this time, b 
if not, have them turned three times during the twenty-four houi 
a good bed kept under them and fed on easily digested food, 
am no advocate of large doses of medicine, as I think they naus 
ate and retard recovery. In the treatment of this disease v 
must assist nature in relieving the congestion of the brain fro 
the beginning of the attack. Stimulate the action of the skin, pr 
mote the action of the bowels, and also stimulate the functions ■ 
the mammary gland. All powerful and heroic treatment shou 
be avoided, as well as large doses of medicine. 
Post Mortem. 
The blood is dark in color and the veins distended, extr 
vasation of the various serous membranes, blood extravasated ov 
the brain, medulla oblongata and the cervical portion the spin 
cord. The chief seat of the disease appears to be the brain. He 
will not only be found congestion, but in some cases actual ru 
ture of some of the vessels in that organ, showing the necessi" 
of bleeding, if it could be done at the beginning of the disease. 
Spring Session of the A.Y.C.—The spring session of tl 
American Veterinary College closed on the 10th of April. 
