The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-03-25

eAperleuC6u CaGUle ra1Ser5 In LaurenS,
will explain itself. "Schmidt's treat
ment," which is copied from Mr.. Har-
ris' scrap book, is also given. By the
way, q scrap book is a good thing for
any farmer. In this case, Mr.. Harris
would probably have lost his COW had
he not had the foresight a long time
before to clip the article from q maya
Zine and paste it away for the time of
need. Here is Mr.. Harris. letter:
EDITOR, THE ADVERTISER, SIR
Having successfully treated o COW with
the Schmidt treatment for milk fever I |
Will ask you t~opublIsh the same for the
benefit vi others.
One OF my best Jersey COWS in about
SIX hours after dropping a calf got sick
n could not get up. This was about
night. BY mex morning c clear case of
milk fever had developed. The COW
could not hold her head up and was in
sensible to any thing. l had very lit
Tile hopes of saving her life, but con-
Guided, If could get things in shape,
to try the Schmidt treatment which /
had often heard was a sure cure. It
was 2 o'clock p. NJ. before l got the in
gradients to give the treatment. (I had
already given her salts and ginger.) L
gave one treatment at 2 o'clock and
then another at 8 O'Clock. Next MORN
ing L found her a little better. The
next day she ate a little and was able
to get up and has improved very fast
since.
The medicine 1 used cost less than
fifty cents. L used q stomach pump
with a plpette or common dropper In
the end,
feel sure hat this treatment saved
my cows life and hope that others will
give it a trial should they have a COW
so affected.
Yours truly,
W.P. HARRIS.
9oungs, S. O., March %.
DISEASE DESCRIBED.
AS already stated, this is a form of
paralysis associated with the process
ofcalving 1T usually occurs within three
days after that act. First, there will
be noticed a vacant stare of the eyes,
and slight muscular twitchings over the
body. She refuses food and drink, and
Illumination ceases doses her cud). She
Tails to nurse her calf, and becomes
stupid, Nothing further may develop
for six or eight hours. During this
period her appearance would not, to an
inexperienced observer, suggest q Sc
rious termination. After this, how
ever, the changes occur rapidly. She
indicates uneasiness or perhaps acute
pain by an alternate lifting of the hind
feet toward the abdomen. She be.
comes weak and staggers. The weak.
ness increases rapidly, aud o she
lies down or drops from exhaustion.
She may regain her feet once or twice:
but eventually she becomes unable gtC
rise. When down, she assumes a posi-.
ton which, in itself, is almost charac.
istic OF this disease. Lying upon her
breast bone. she bends her neck to the
side and places her muzzle upon the
flank. If her position be changed, she
will return her head to the flank. Hell
eyes become fixed and CLASSY, her res.
piration labored. She CRATES her teeth
as IL suffering acute pain. Unless re.
lleved, these symptoms are followed by
depression, extreme weakness and
death In from six to twenty.four hours
Neither the temperature nor tt
pulse guides one in the severity OF u
attack.
Complications are apt to appeASH- :
prolonged casss. Those may ba i'm the
form of digestive disturbances due to
fermentation of the contents OF the
stomach and intes&ines, or diseases of
the respirsteo.y organs, caused by for
,eien ~~estters gaining access to the ira
chea.
AS a sequel to this disease, we may
find a more or less severe attack of
mastitis (garges), due to injuries to the
udder, or perhaps the unnatural condi-
lions caused by following the Schmidt
treatment.
TREATMENT.
Fortunately the necessary outfit for
this treatment is inexpensive. 1t re-
quires q three-inch funnel, four or five
feet of one-fourth inch rubber tubing,
and a small glass pipette or milking
tube.
The following is the method OF pro-
cedure:-
4. Dissolve 120 grains of iodide of
potash In one quart of water, which
has been boiled, and allowed to cool to
about the temperature of the body.
3. Introduce the funnel and pipette
into the ends Of the rubber tube and
place in q bucket of antiseptic fluid.
3. Milk the udder dry; then place un-
der the COW a piece Of oil cloth about q
yard square Ia carriage storm-apron
may be made to answer) so that the
udder will be about the middle of the
cloth. Wash the udder and teats
thoroughly with CASTLE soap and warm
water rinsing carefully with antiseptic
fluid.
4. Insert the pipette into the end OF
a teat and fill the funnel with iodide of
potash solution. BY passing success
siyely from one teat to another, dis
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