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inferior face of the body, from the neck to the udder ; it goes 
up the trachea in the jugular groove, descends the forearm, in¬ 
side as well as outside the aponeurosis, dissecting the muscles 
further down than the knee. There exists a little serosity in 
the pleural and pericardial cavities, but the lungs and all the 
viscera are absolutely sound. 
March 19 a three-year-old Breton cow (No. 8) is inocu¬ 
lated with I c. c. of a tenth culture {in vitro) of the microbe of 
pleuro-pneumonia in bouillon Martin-serum. 
This observation will be published later on. 
PARTURIENT PARESIS. 
(THE SO-CALLED CALVING-FEVER, OR PARTUR¬ 
IENT APOPLEXY.) 
STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS INTO ITS CAUSE AND 
HANDLING. 
By J. Schmidt, Veterinarian, Koeding, Denmark. 
Translated for the American Vetermary Review by W. L. Williams^ 
New York State Veterinary College. 
The writings which exist in our literature upon the so-called 
calving-fever indicate that both scientific investigators and 
practitioners have long worked assiduously to properly eluci¬ 
date this affection. It may well be asserted, however, that the 
so-called calving-fever is one of the most enigmatical, and hence 
interesting, diseases of our domestic animals. 
Aside from the fact that this malady has aroused a special 
interest in its scientific aspect, we have also to deal with a very 
serious affection, especially in valuable dairy establishments, 
in which it annually claims many victims from among the 
choicest milk cows, and which through the ever-increasing in¬ 
tensity of agricultural development attains from year to year a 
greater extension. 
The disease has not for this reason been at all neglected, 
either from the standpoint of the agriculturist or the veterina¬ 
rian. All the more earnest and scientific work has been de- 
