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the tension .of the cervical muscles relaxed and she showed 
prominent symptoms of the physiological actions of this drug. 
She had two evacuations of hard faeces and then seemed to rest 
easier with head erect. The following morning I gave her one 
half grain more of the drug and by noon she was up on her feet.. 
The subordinate treatment consisted of stimulants with nu:?^ 
vomica in small doses. 
Case No. 2 .—A grade Durham that went down some time the 
second day after calving. Was seen by me about six hours after 
going down. I at once administered one and one-quarter grains 
of eserine, applied the pump. She responded to the action of 
the drug. I also gave her a purgative, ordered stimulants every 
hour. She was up on her feet in six hours and eventually made 
a good recovery. 
Case No. —An old grade Jersey. Had gone down the third 
day after calving and had been down twenty four hours when 
seen by me. The owner said he had given her “ two quarts of 
crude oil and two pounds of salts.” I gave her treatment th^ 
same as in other cases and she was up on her feet the next morn¬ 
ing and lived six days. She then died with mechanical pneu¬ 
monia due to to the administration of the oil and salts. 
Case'No. 4 .—A high bred Jersey. Had her calf in the morn¬ 
ing. I was called that evening, the owner saying that “something 
ailed the cow.” She was down by the time I got to the field. 
I immediately gave her treatment as heretofore mentioned. 
That night she lay in the rain. I called the next mornings 
gave her the second injection and hauled her to the barn on a 
stone-boat. About eleven o’clock that morning she rose to 
her feet, gained strength during the day and when I made my 
last visit that evening she was up and the calf was sucking. 
In bringing these cases to your notice I do not wish to be 
understood as advancing any new ideas, but simply to give you 
my experience in the action of this drug in the treatment of 
parturient apoplexy. 
PUNCTURED WOUND OF THE BREAST, WITH A PECULIAR COM¬ 
PLICATION.* 
By Charles S. Atchison, Student, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
On July 12 last, a gray gelding, eight years old, about six¬ 
teen hands high, was admitted to Dr. Berns’ infirmary, suffering 
from quite an extensive punctured wound of the breast, and the 
*Read before the Veterinary Medical Association of the American Veterinary College. 
Oct. 21, 1897. ^ ) 
