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REPORTS OF CASES. 
Bladder bursted, and in the penis, location as before men¬ 
tioned, was an old and extremely firm clot of blood about four 
inches in length. I found no cause for former bleeding from 
penis. He lived exactly five weeks with a ruptured bladder. 
I have seen a goodly number of steers with ruptured blad¬ 
ders, but I never before knew one to be in that condition and 
live over a week. 
THE SCHMIDT TREATMENT IN MY PRACTICE.* 
By A. G. Alverson, V. S., Bloomington, Ill. 
Having had an opportunity several times to try the much 
vaunted treatment of Schmidt on what he terms u parturient 
paresis,” and not being wholly satisfied with my results, I 
thought I would bring the subject before this society. 
Case I .—Grade shorthorn ; called in the afternoon a short 
time after cow had gone down and the second day after calving. 
My apparatus consisted of a new piece of rubber tubing, a glass 
funnel and a milk tube. I thoroughly cleaned the udder of 
the cow as she lay flat on her side, then disinfected the same. 
I immersed my apparatus in boiling water, made the potassium 
iodide solution with boiling water, cooled same by pouring from 
one pitcher to another and forced it into the udder by the law 
of gravity, thoroughly kneading same with fingers. Then 
rolled cow up on sternum and propped her up in that position. 
Gave fluid extract jaborandi on the tongue ; had the rectum 
thoroughly raked, and left ; telling them to keep her in shape 
through the night and I would see her in the morning. They 
telephoned me the next morning not to come, and I learned 
later that she died that day. Perhaps further treatment would 
have been beneficial, but they thought her getting worse, so 
wanted to save further expense. 
Case II .—Grade Jersey, in the country ; had been down, 
but regained feet and fell again while I was making an exami¬ 
nation. Could not get up, and grew worse rapidly. Gave 
same treatment for udder, and left fluid extract of jaborandi to 
be given later with hypodermic syringe, if necessary. They 
gave two doses. This case recovered and was up next day. 
Case III .—Grade shorthorn ; well-marked case, complicated 
with eversion of the vagina, up to and including mouth of the 
womb, which was easily returned and kept in place. Gave 
same treatment as in No. II, but without success. Saw her a- 
gain the next day and repeated treatment, but that night she died. 
* Read before the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association, Feb. 21 , 1900 . 
