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a nasal discharge of a clear stringy secretion and some saliva dribbled from the 
month. In 19 hours the cow was up, without having been observed in the act, 
and she was found standing without signs of paralysis, some distance from where 
she had been lying in the stall. She was then milked and gave 5 pounds 
(2^ kg*) milk, which had the appearance and consistence of ordinary colos¬ 
trum. The urine was brownish. The cow showed no special appetite (iodism) 
but drank freely. The appetite returned slowly however as the iodism disap¬ 
peared. 
On October 18 she gave 6 liters of milk. 
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The owner informed me later that after a duration of 6 days she gave a very 
large amount of milk, and that after the removal of the afterbirth she had 
shown no discharge throughout. 
No. 18. Oct, 25, 1896. Medium sized white cow, ver}^ well nourished, 7 years 
old. The udder had become very much enlarged before birth, yet there was 
but little oedematous swelling confined to a small area, behind one of the 
glands. Immediately after calving the cow had given 9 liters milk, and at the 
next milking also a goodly amount, both times mixed with blood. The first 
symptoms of disease showed themselves first, 18 hours after calving, as : 
diminished appetite, decreased milk flow and a somewhat uncertain posture on 
the legs. But as it was evening and the owner did not recognize the affection, 
he left the cow to herself until the next morning. Then she could no longer 
get up and was very distressed. 
Treatment was first undertaken about 14 hours after the advent of the 
paralysis. The cow was very severely attacked, lay with her head to the side, 
and was wholly unconscious to external impressions. Her look was blank, 
no reaction to touching the eyes. If the head was partly raised and then let 
loose, it fell to the ground like a lifeless body. The entire superfices of the 
body, especially the horns, ears and limbs, as well as the inner sides of the lips, 
were very cold. The tongue, though warm, was badly paralyzed, the tempera¬ 
ture showed 35.5° C., the respirations apparently quiet, 22 per minute, pulse 
and heart-beat almost indistinguishable, 52 per minute. The mouth of the 
womb was not quite closed ; one could insert two fingers into it. The bladder 
was filled ; in the rectum there was found a handful of small, very hard fteces ; 
the udder was very large and quite tense, but not oedematous, in the udder 
there w'as found only about % kg. of milk mixed with blood, although 14 
hours had passed since the cow had been milked. There was injected iodine- 
iodide of potassium solution, i gramme iodine, 5 grammes potassium iodide, 
30 grammes water, in one liter of water ; at short intervals there was allowed to 
enter also a small stream of air. Massage. An aloe powder wdth digitalis w^as 
given, of which, how^ever, a part was lost. 
After the course of one-half hour the cow began to show active signs 
of life, moved the mouth and ears, winked the eyes and held the head for¬ 
wards, though with an S-forni bent neck. The temperature registered 36.1° C., 
and rose, in course of hours after the infusion, to 36.6° C. Tater 
the cow had lain quietly for several hours, the head alternately stretched out 
