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Case IV. —Had been down only a short time, but was bad ; 
had treated this cow two years before for same trouble. The 
treatment was the same as in the previous cases, being minutely 
careful of every detail, and particularly so as to asepsis. The 
following morning I had another opportunity to see the animal, 
who was growing worse, although she had rested quite well all 
day. Died. 
Case V .—This case had recovered under other treatment one 
year before and did not appear nearly as bad this time. Gave 
the Schmidt treatment in detail, and followed with stimulants ; 
but the patient died. 
Case VI .—An extra fine Jersey cow, had just gone down; 
had calved a few days previous. Gave full and careful treat¬ 
ment, but lost the patient. 
Am sure I gave as careful detail as possible to the treatment 
of all these cases, and am inclined to think my poor success was 
due to the inefficiency of the same. Still I see that many are 
claiming great results from it. That it does exert an influence 
on the cases I will not question, as most of them, if not all, 
seemed to brighten up for a time and be far easier to care for 
and keep in position. Would like very much to be able to do 
something with it, as it is so much easier to care for the cases 
in that way. 
TWO INTERESTING CASES FROM ILLINOIS.* 
By J. F. Pease, D.V.S., Quincy, Ill. 
* 
Case I — Epistaxis. 
During the summer of 1899 a small, aged mule was brought 
in bleeding severely from the right nostril. Neither inquiry nor 
examination threw any light upon the cause other than perhaps 
general senile degeneration of the vessels. Owing to the small 
worth of the animal, I began to treat quite cautiously from 
the standpoint of expense, using douches of clear cold water, 
later adding subsulphate of iron, a remedy that has always 
proven valuable in these cases, but with no results in this case. 
Tried plugging the nostrils with cotton, but this also was un¬ 
successful. The blood accumulated in the posterior nares un¬ 
til it flowed over and out the left nostril. I then administered 
ergot in bolus and afterward as fluid extract, until 2 oz. had 
been given, and repeated the douches. After another half-hour 
the blood was still flowing in a small stream from the nostril, 
* Read before Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association, Feb 21, 1900. 
