The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-15
THE DAIRY
Treatment for Milk Fever

to prevent the fluids from getting
into the larynX and from there into
the lungs where they will set up
traumatic pneumonia, which is almost
invariably fatal. In case the throat
is not paralyzed the drench may prove
of value and should be given slowly
and Immediately stopped at the first
sign of uneaSineSS or coughing on
the part of the animal. While the pa
tient lies on the side she must raise
the weight of her body at each in
spiration, which is very eXhauSting,
and hypostatic congestion of the de-
pendent lung is greatly favored. Con-
sequently it is of Importance that
the cow should be kept propped up on
the breastbone by means of bags OF
chaff or straw placed against her side.
In the way of medicinal treatment
purgatives may be given in the first
stage of the disease when the ami
NAL can swallow, with the precau-
tions above mentioned. One pound OF
Epson salts and 2 ounces of creolin
dissolved in pint of water will prove
beneficial The creolin is added for
it's antiseptic action to prevent fer
mentatiOn in the paunch with the
consequent danger of the eructatiOn
of foods and their subsequent passage
into the windpipe. Ammonium car
Donate in 2-dram doses dissolved in
2 ounces of water will be found to
act equally as well as the creOlin in
this respect. Epson salts is rather
slow in it's action, and an injection
under the skin with hypodermic
syringe of IL to grains of eserine
sulphate, when Obtainable, will be
found quicker and more eficacious.
The rectum should be emptied and
injections of l to gallons of warm
water given to stimulate intestinal
movements. However, the normal
movement of the bowels, once lost,
is exceedingly hard to reestablish,
and sometimes all efforts in that di-
rection fail The urine should be
drawn with a catheter or by pressure
on the bladder with the hand in the
rectum, as the bladder is paralyzed
and unable to empty itself.
The feeble pulse and subnOrmal tenn
perature call for the administration
of stimulants Injection under the
skin of 1 dram of the following solu-
ton every three hours are probably
the most efficaciOus: 80 grains of
caffein, 60 grains of sodium salicy-
late, and 4 drains of water. Similar
injections of 1 grain of strychnia,
sulphate three times daily will also
be found very beneficial, although
numerous other drugs may be recon-
mended, as spirits of camphor, YER
atrin, tincture of digitalis, alcohol etc.
In case the animal is very excitable
the head should be restrained in such
a manner as to prevent injury, and,
in case the violence becomes Excess
sive, ~ ounces of choral dissolved
in a quart of water may be injected
itno the rectum, or grains of NOR
phine sulphate under the skin.
The Potassium Iodide Treatment
AS previously stated Schmidt, of
Holding advanced the theory in 1897
that the cause of milk fever was the
absorption of leucoaines from the I'D
der, and recommended that potassium
iodide be injected to prevent the for
nation of the toxin and to neutraliZe
that already existing. This was the
most rational theory so far advanced
and the treatment proved to be bene-
fetal, being followed by astonishingy
good results. After this treatment
was generally resorted to throughout
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