Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-26
New rreatment of Mnk rever.

London, England, says: Favorable eports-mostly, however, from conti- mental sources-continue to come to hand of the success attending Schmidt's new treatment of milk fever. The current number of the Veterinarian contains a translation from foreign contemporary which may be of in- tesest t9 " R. who makes some in- qulry as 10 the details of the treat. ment, 5Ed others who may be troubled with this pest of dairyland. The translation runs as follows: M. Yonker, who practices in district where milk fever is common, decided to give Schmidt's treatment a trial. The sick animal is well attended to, and the teats are washed with soap and water, and then disinfected with solution of lysol 4 tube of caout- chouc, six feet or more in length, car rfes at one end a funnel, at the other q teat syphon, which is introduced in the teat. When everything is ready, seven to eight grammes of iodide of potassium is dissolved in litre of water recently boiled. which is allowed to cool to 40 degrees or 42 degrees Cen tigrade Each quarter receives a quar- Ger of this solution. At the time of in- iection 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. When the pulse was weak, Yonker gave a hypodermie injection of caffeine. At the same time he gave dose of aloes and saline enemata. But as the results might be due to something other than the iodide of potassium, the author resolved to use nothing but the iodIde, and in this manner discovered it's real value. To this end he injected hle solution mentioned above by means of a pewter syringe attached to eaout- choac tube. The results obtained were surprising; five COWS thus treated speedily recovered. although three of them were very seriously ill indeed. M. Yonker thinks that these results cannot be easily passed over. He thinks that the theory that attributes milk fever as due to the development of toxalbumin in the udder is q true one. Lower organisms, still unrecog- nized and unknown, may gain access to the udder by the teat lumen, and set ID decomposition of the colostrum. Iodide of potassium acts upon these organisms as it acts upon the aetino- nvees in d specific fashion 4 certain quantity of the salt will be absorbed, and this may neuuahze that portion Of the toxin that has already gained the circulation. This last explanation may be offered for the rapid disap- pearanee of the grave symptoms es- abolished through paralysis of the pneumo-gastric nerve. due to the ac- ton of the toxin upon the nucleus ot origin of the nerve within the medulla oblongata. The author is of opinion that prevention may be established by either exhibiting the drug by the mouth CT injecting in the udder prior to ealving.
 "A modification or improvement in tEe apparatus for the injection of the Uotassium iodide solution into the ud- der has been introduced by Nj. Finck. He empIovs eaouteheae tube and fun pe] into which the solution is ? 3ared, and along which it runs. and at the lower extremity the rubber tube ter inmates in four narrower tubes, each having attached to it teat syphon. There are thus as many syphons as onarters. and all the quarters are in 5eeted simultaneously Schmidt insists on the superior benefit resulting from injecting the solution of iodide salt with atmospheric air.
 The idea that the cause of milk fever is poison or toxin in the udder, which is produced in connection with the colostrum. is steadily gaining cround. and acting on this hypothesis MT. ". Hunter, M MR.CY.S., of New castle-on-Ty is employing Q more direct agent than iodide of potassium in the form of chinosol. Fifteen grains of chinosol to each pint of water is stated to have been used in the sue cessful experiments conducted by this practitioner.
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