320 HEAVING PAINS IN EWES. 



it is evident that the animal soon becomes exhausted, sinks, 

 and dies. 



Post-mortem Appearances. After death, the principal 

 lesions are in the uterus, which is inflamed, ecchymosed, and 

 sometimes gangrenous. In some rather protracted cases the 

 uterine veins contain pus, and the animals really die of puru- 

 lent infection. 



Treatment. Low diet and exercise are the best natural 

 preventives. They can be combined with purgatives and 

 neutral salts with advantage. Curative treatment is of little 

 avail, and consists in the use of clysters, opiate injections into 

 the womb, and carrying out vigorously an antiphlogistic 

 system of treatment. 



