Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-18
New rreatment of n1nls rerer.

london, England says: Favorable reports-mostly, however, from conti- mental sourees--eontinHe to come to aand of the success attending Schmidt's new treatment of milk fever. The I current number of the Veterinarian l contains a translation from a foreign contemporary which may be of in- I terest to w R. who makes some in= quiry as to the details of the treat. ment. and others who may be troubled with this pest Of dairyland. l The translation runs as follows: M. Yonker, who practices in a district where milk fever is common, decided i to give Sehmidtis treatment a trial. l The sick animal is well attended ta. and the teats are washed with soap and water and then disinfected with solution of lysoI. A tube of caout= chouc. six feet or more in length, car ries at one end s funnel, at the other c teat syphon, which is introduced ih the teat When everything is ready. seven to eight grammes of iodide of potassium is dissolved in Htfe Of water recently boiled. which is allowed 10 cool to 10 degrees or 42 degrees Cen figrade Each quarter receives 9 quar- Ser of this solution At the time of iu- ieetion the practitioner should mas sage the quarter in order to facilitate the penetration of the injection, and to allow it to penetrate along all the milk passages to the acini of the gland. WheE She pulse was weak, Yon1zer gave ] Fff#4y A the same time he gave 8 dose of aloe8 Rnd saline eHemata. But as the results might be due to something other than the iodide of potassium. the author resolved to use nothing but the iodlde. and in this manner discovered it's real value To this end he injected the solution mentioned above by means Of a pewter syringe attached to caout- eheue tube. The results obtained were surprising; five COWS thus treated speedily recovered. although three Of them were very seriously i'll indeed M. Yonker thinks that these results cannot be easily passed over. lie thinks that the theory that attributes milk fever as due to the development of toxalbumin in the udder is true one. Lower organisms, still unrecog- nfzed and unknown. may gain access to the udder by the teat lumen, and set mp decomposition of the colostrum. Iodide of potassium acts upon these organisms as it acts upon the actino- #myees in a specific fashion. A certain quantity of the salt will be absorbed, and this may neutralize that portion Of the toxin that has already gained the circulation This last explanation may be offered for the rapid disaD- pearance= of the grave symptoms es- tablshed through paralysis of the pneumo-g gastric nerve, due to the ae- tfon of the toxin upon the nucleus Of origin of the nerve within the meduiia obloneata. The author is of opinion that prevention may be established by either exhibiting the drug by the mouth or injecting in the udler prior to ealFing.
 "A modification or improvement in the apparatus for the injection of the potassium iodide solution into the Hd- der has been introduced by M. Ninck. He employs 8 caoutehoue tube and fHn- ne1 into which the solution is poured and along which it runs, and at the lower extremity the rubber tube ter inmates in four narrower tubes each having attached to it a teat syphon. There are thus as many syphons as quarters. and all the quarters are in iected simultaneously. Schmidt insists on the superior benefit resulting from injecting the solution of iodide salt with atmospheric air.
 "Tbe idea that the cause of milk fever is a poison or toxin in the adder which is produced in connection with the colostrum, is steadily gaining ground. and acting on this hypothesis MT. w. Hunter, MR.C.V.S., of New eastle-on-Tyne is employing a more direct agent than iodide of potassium in the form of ehinesol. Fifteen grains of chnosol to each pint of water Is stated to have been used in the sue cessful experiments conducted by this nraalitioner.
 Plans Napoleonio.
 An cratic French scrbBler comes out in the Revue Des Deux Mondes with new scheme to take Westmlu- ster Abbey It is no less than a pro- ject to embark some 800 GOO men in jolly boats and hurl them across the channel in a body. Torpedo boats having cleared the way, winds and weather being propitious, and no stupid Albion on hand to repel, it is believed that the thing might have chances of -....lo-- nt,foL- friT7cr #drI45,5 dT1 t55 Hiu the only artillery besides the torpedo tubes. Just what the Channel squad ron of he Britsah navy would do is