. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 75H TIIK FAIiMKR S STOCK I'.OOK. Misters—inustiird paste or tlies—to the helly. If no syinptonis of pur- gation show themselves in eight or ten hours, inject No. 40 under the skin every half hour till the bowels have moved. If constipation is still obstinate, a i>iiil of tepid water may be injected into a fSINU THE STOMACH I'UMI'. r of giving medicine or food during stupor Convalescence will be indicated by a return to seusibilit}', cessation of pain, i)nrgati()n, coj)ious secret
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 75H TIIK FAIiMKR S STOCK I'.OOK. Misters—inustiird paste or tlies—to the helly. If no syinptonis of pur- gation show themselves in eight or ten hours, inject No. 40 under the skin every half hour till the bowels have moved. If constipation is still obstinate, a i>iiil of tepid water may be injected into a fSINU THE STOMACH I'UMI'. r of giving medicine or food during stupor Convalescence will be indicated by a return to seusibilit}', cessation of pain, i)nrgati()n, coj)ious secretion of urine of ,i good color, and a return of strength. AVhen these syini)tonis are noticed, give No. 19, repeating it three or four times a day. IX. Pcrturient Apoplexy. This is a blood disease affecting cows of a plethoric habit at time of calving. It is never seen following difficult or pi'otracted labor, uterine henu)rrhage (flooding), abortion, nor the retention of tiie placenta. There nuist be a constitutional tendency to congestion of tlu^ brain, coma and apoi)lexy. The first attack is usually fatal ; even if not so, the trouble is very likely to recur at the next or some subse(|uent calving. How to know it.—There is at first a staring, wild look about the eyes, disincliMMtion to move, loss of milk, and increased tenipcratnre : but these symptoms arc seldom so marked as to attract special notice. Tiicy are followed by a staggering gait and weakness across the loins, till suddenly the aninuvl falls, when the eyes are found to be bloodshot and glassy, the pupils dilated and the lids twitching. The mucous membranes become pui"ple ; she gets perfectly blind and comatose (stupid); the head is usually turned back to the side ; the \n\\so. gets gradually slower, fading into imperccptibilit}'; the breathing is slow and stertorous. In this stage the pupils contract, the temperature falls decidedly, sonietinu-s as low as 95 = . The udder becomes hard and unyielding; th
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