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forwards and bent to the side and had gradually assumed a livelier aspect. After 
a course of 6 hours she was standing up, remained standing nearly an hour 
and ate some carrots. Later she got up several times. After lo hours she was 
milked and gave i lb. of apparently normal milk. 
About i8 hours after t^ie beginning of the treatment she began to tremble 
at intervals, and I examined her on this account again a few hours later. Be¬ 
fore my arrival she had become somewhat restless, was very short of breath, 
stood up while I examined her, but staggered here and there and fell in a very 
unfavorable position. Symptoms of pneumonia could not be detected. - Tern 
perature 39.0° C. Pulse quite strong, 96 per minute. Cardiac impulse 
strong. 
The bladder was full, the urine dark brown. Faeces normal. No discharge 
from nose or mouth, but a somewhat snoring sound accompanying breathing. 
The udder had collapsed and was quite flabby. Being milked, she gave *4' lb. 
milk, which was colored like normal colostrum, but in two teats were found 
caseous clots 
The milk fever had indeed ceased about 6 hours after the beginning of treat¬ 
ment, but a relapse had occurred. The etiological moment had again begun to 
work. 
From a fear of poisoning I did not venture to use iodine or iodo-potassium 
iodide solution, and therefore made a trial of an injection of lysol solution, 15 
grammes in i liter boiled water, along with introduction of air. Massage. 
Internally the cow, which could now swallow quite well, received a digitalis 
powder. 
She lay quietly for a short time afterwards with her head in her flank. 
The respirations gradually became almost normal. After the course of half 
an hour she lay mostly with the head in the natural position, and after three- 
quarters of an hour, she got up and stood apparently steady again on her limbs. 
Five hours later she was quite lively, ate some hay, could easily get up and lie 
down, but arched her back somewhat. 
Temperature 38.3°C. pulse 88, fairly strong. The heart beat of normal 
strength, the respiration moderately quiet. Some flow of saliva from the mouth. 
The udder was flabby, but the secretion from all four teats watery, similar to 
lysol solution. The lysol solution had had the same favorable effect as the 
iodine combination, which checked the course of the disease, but an unfavor¬ 
able effect upon the milk secretion. But from this experience one can see, that 
it is also a local action in the udder, through which the disease can be con¬ 
trolled. For even if one could think, that the iodine mixture could most likely 
have so rapid and specific a general action after its absorption into the blood, 
this could not be the case with a small dose of lysol. 
After the lysol treatment the cow drank now and then some water, ate hay 
and was free from any evidence of paralysis, until about 24 hours later, when 
she again had a relapse and fell in an uncomfortable position. I was called 
again and found her lying in a natural position, but very listless, the horns and 
ears were cold, the temperature indicated 38°C., pulse and heart beat almost 
imperceptible, 80 per minute, respirations 20 per minute, no discharge from 
nose or mouth, faeces normal, but in the posterior part of the rectum adherent 
