schmidt’s treatment of parturient paresis. 
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hours later. She was sprawled out broadside on the ground, 
and quite badly bloated, I used the trocar, and gave caffein as a 
stimulant. Then injected the pot. iod. solution, and left sodii 
hyposulphite to be given. This cow also was given a few doses 
of whiskey. The next morning the cow could hold her head 
up and noticed the other stock that came near her. The injec¬ 
tion was repeated. Improvement continued, but she did not 
get up until the third day. She finally recovered. 
No. V .—Was not down when I got to her, but fell while I 
was there. She had been fresh about two days. The pot. 
iod. in solution was injected, and as she was somewhat bloated, 
I left sod. hyposulphite to be given. The cow seemed better 
the next morning, but could not get up. Toward noon she got 
worse, and I saw her again soon after noon. Repeated the injec¬ 
tion, and in the evening she got up. She made a gradual recovery. 
No. VI .—Was found with her calf in the field in the morn¬ 
ing. Was noticed to stagger that evening, but the owner “ did 
not think much of it.” The next morning she was down. When 
I got there she was floundering around and was badly bloated ; 
could not support her head. The tympanitic condition was 
relieved with the trocar. Caffein given as a stimulant, and the 
pot. iod. in solution injected ; sod. hyposulphite and fluid ex¬ 
tract digitalis were left to be given as directed. During the first 
twenty-four hours the cow remained about the same, except 
that there was no further trouble from the bloating. The pot. 
iod. solution was then repeated, and in about eight hours more 
the cow revived sufficiently to get up. The next day she re¬ 
mained up most of the time, but then lost control of herself, 
sank down and died. 
No. VII .—This cow was found in the grass lot with her 
calf in the morning. At about four o’clock in the afternoon 
was found down and helpless. The injection was made, and 
caffein used as a stimulant. At about seven p. m., the owner 
called at my office and reported the cow as being able to hold 
up her head and seemed lots better. He returned half an hour 
later and found the cow dead. 
