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one has stated how they were administered, whether by drench 
or through a tube. If the cow is in a comatose condition, 
medicines cannot be safely administered by a drench, as they 
are liable to pass down the trachea, causing asphyxia or chok¬ 
ing. The animal that is repeatedly drenched and recovered, 
had but a slight lesion to overcome. 
Franck gives a list of over 700 cases, with 60 per cent, re¬ 
covery. This is in Europe, where the per cent, of recovery is 
very much reduced 011 account of the large number of animals 
that are slaughtered and used for food that in the United States 
would have the opportunity to recover. 
Recently we see articles upon this subject headed u Partur¬ 
ient Paresis.” This word paresis should not be used in connec¬ 
tion with this lesion. We have only to consult lexicographers 
for the reason. Universal Dictionary of the English Lan¬ 
guage : Paresis, patho, insanity, with general paralysis. The 
loss of motor power is progressive. Those afflicted rarely live 
more than from one year to three years. Webster: Paresis, in¬ 
complete paralysis affecting motion but not sensation. Duane: 
Paresis, incomplete motor paralysis. Dunglison : Paresis, dim¬ 
inution of motor power ; slight incomplete paralysis, affecting 
motion but not sensation, but by some regarded synonymous 
with paralysis. 
Apoplexy is a sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, 
sensation and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on 
the brain. If this pressure is due to congestion or from other 
cause, when removed the animal recovers and is in no manner 
paralyzed. Then what is parturient apoplexy ? There are al¬ 
ready too many answers to this question. I11 a typical case, 
taken ill six hours after delivery, died ten hours later, without 
a struggle. I find on post-mortem meningeal congestion of the 
brain and spinal cord, haemorrhage, a clot extending full width 
of the fourth ventricle with oedema or water. Can any one 
doubt that such conditions are sufficient cause for death ? 
The work of Friedberger and Frohner, translated from the 
German and published in 1895, states that the pathological 
