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a stimulating drink and left. On the third morning the mes¬ 
sage said the cow was still weak but otherwise all right. 
Case III {Recovery ).—On July 6, early in the morning, I re¬ 
ceived a call to go to Douglaston to a cow that had calved and 
was sick. I found the animal, a fine Jersey, in a box-stall with 
all the symptoms of a severe form of milk fever. I informed 
the owner of the unfavorable prognosis and then applied 
Schmidt’s treatment at 9 A. m., injecting 10 grammes of the 
iodide solution. Being requested to call again, I arrived there 
at 5 P. M. and found the cow little if anything changed, but not 
worse. I resolved to give a second injection of the iodide solu¬ 
tion, reduced to 5 grammes which was easily done. I called 
again the next morning and found the cow still lying, but head 
erect and trying eagerly to consume a bran-mash. Third morn¬ 
ing the cow was reported up and apparently well. 
Case IV {Recovery —On July 14, 4 P. M., I was passing 
through Whitestone when I was halted and requested to attend 
to a sick cow. I found same in pasture suffering from a light 
attack of milk fever. After applying first treatment I went 
home to get my infusion apparatus and one hour later I was 
applying Schmidt’s treatment. I called the next morning 
and found the cow still lying, but being coaxed with her 
calf she got up with assistance. The milk secretion was rather 
scant V. 
In conclusion, I wish to say that, favorable as these results 
appear to be, I have learned to be cautious, and I shall warn 
you against too much enthusiasm. True, I have never had 
three cases in succession that recovered as well as those above 
cited, but we all have seen good recoveries before. One point 
I want to make standing out clearly, namely, that Schmidt’s 
treatment requires a painstaking thoroughness and cleanliness, 
and that the manipulations of infusion are a delicate process 
that should not be performed by crude hands. If you will ob¬ 
serve these points scrupulously and skillfully then the treat¬ 
ment will be a pleasure to yourselves and give great satisfaction 
to the intelligent class of your clients. I hope you will report 
