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J. SCHMIDT. 
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Prof. Williams’ translation of Schmidt’s important ar¬ 
ticle on “ Parturient Paresis ” will be concluded in the Decem¬ 
ber Review, followed in the same issue by some interesting 
case reports of the treatment by Prof. Schwarzkopf, which will 
be brought down to the time of publication. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
PARTURIENT PARESIS. 
(THE SO-CALLED CALVING-FEVER, OR PARTUR¬ 
IENT apoplexy.) 
STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS INTO ITS CAUSE AND 
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HANDLING. 
By J. Schmidt, Veterinarin, Koeding, Denmark. 
Translated for the American Veterinary Review, by W. L. Williams, 
New York State Veterinary College. 
{Continued from page 455.') 
In over eating recovery is often attained if the cow is al¬ 
lowed neither food nor water, if she receives food, if even only 
hay or straw, this must force a part of the accumulated rich 
food from the stomach into the small intestine. This occurs 
in a still higher degree if the cow is permitted to drink water, 
since this acts not alone through pressure, but also washes a part 
of the grain with it into the intestinal canal, and at the same 
time favors fermentation. By distributing so rapidly the gas- 
