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CORRESPONDENCE. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
QUESTIONS FOR STATISTICS ON SCHMIDT’S TREATMENT OF 
PARTURIENT PARESIS. 
Editors American Veterinary Review : 
Dear Sirs :—Having been urged by Secretary Dr. Stewart, 
A. V. M. A., Prof. Roscoe R. Bell and others to bring the sub¬ 
ject of Schmidt’s treatment of milk-fever before the National 
Association for discussion, I feel it my duty to comply with their 
wishes, although I have little new to offer at the present time 
However, these colleagues have suggested to me to collect 
American statistics of the treatment, and I have propounded 
below a schedule of questions which will secure us ample ma¬ 
terial for discussion. None of our colleagues who have tried 
this new treatment need be ashamed to send in reports of un¬ 
successful attempts or adverse results, for our aim should be to 
discover the disadvantages of this treatment as well as its ad¬ 
vantages. The questions may be answered by referring to the 
numbers only : 
1. Breed of cow. 
2. At what time after delivery taken ill ? 
3. At what time treatment inaugurated? 
4. How much iodide of potass, injected? _ 
c At what time occurred recovery, complications or deati. 
6. What complications or bad after-effects were conspicuous. 
Please send replies at once to 
Olof Schwarzkopf, 
Flushing, New York City. 
REMARKS ON SCHMIDT’S THEORY AND TREATMENT OF 
PARTURIENT PARESiS. 
Columbia, Tenn., July 20, 1899. 
Editors American Veterinary Revieiv : 
Dear Sirs :—In the hands of the majority of veterinarians, 
according to their reports, the iodide of potash treatment in 
parturient paresis has given splendid results. While my resu s 
have not been entirely satisfactory, I still have faith m believ¬ 
ing that almost a specific has been found for this troublesome 
disease. Some of my patients have had unfortunately otner 
complications associated with parturient paresis, but I will give 
a brief summary of both the good and bad, for it is 011 y y 
doing that correct comparisons can be made. They were a 
