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form vasagen as an injection in three cases of fistulae, in 
one of which wound-infection had already set in with high 
fever. The daily injections were followed by introducing a 
tampon saturated with iodoform vasagen, in both cases a com¬ 
plete recovery being effected in 14 and 20 days respectively. He 
also used iodoform vasagen in two cases where parts of the 
horny sole of horses had to be amputated, a thin layer of new, 
healthy horn appearing within three to five days. In several 
cases of vaginal injuries from parturition of cows A. used creolin 
vasagen. In one case gangrene had set in. The wounds 
rapidly changed to a healthy appearance, and the cow never 
showed any straining after the application of the remedy, which 
proved that it is non-irritant. Interesting is a case of chronic 
lymphangitis (three years old) of a horse, the extremity being 
swollen from the coronary band up to two hands above the hock. 
All previous treatment had resulted only in temporary relief with¬ 
out cure. A. applied three times daily iodine vasagen. In two 
days appeared several soft patches near the fetlock joint. These 
were opened and a large quantity of a serous fluid of a reddish 
color emptied. In the course of a continued application with 
this remedy during four weeks, the skin treated in such man¬ 
ner was continually covered with drop-like effusions of a 
serous fluid, resulting in almost complete recovery after such 
long standing. 
Statistics of Schmidt’s Treatment of Milk Fever.— 
In addition to the statistical report of Dr. Nevermann on the 
results of the iodide of potass, treatment of milk fever, as pub¬ 
lished in the March issue of the Review, V. Jensen now gives 
the results of treatment by 146 veterinarians, representing 1701 
cases of this disease. From these statistics it appears that milk 
fever mostly befalls cows between the ages of 6 and 8 years, and 
that the disease most frequently manifests itself 10 to 20 hours 
after parturition. Of the 1701 cases treated, 1407 (82.5 per 
cent.) were cured, 209 cows were slaughtered, 43 died of trau¬ 
matic pneumonia, and 58 cases developed mastitis. Of the 
cows that recovered two-thirds of the number stood up within 
6 to 18 hours after beginning of treatment. The report states 
that in about one-half of the cases the treatment could only be 
applied rather late in the development of the disease, yet the 
result as a whole is most favorable. Jensen concludes, as did 
Nevermann, that iodide of potass, has proven itself as a specific 
against milk fever, and that the new treatment constitutes a 
boon for the country practitioner. 
