DR. LEGEAB'S STOCK BOOK. 207 



HEM<>KI!11.\(!K AFTER DELIVERY. 



Very profuse bleeding sometimes takes place after delivery in 

 both the mare and the cow, due to rupture of some blood vessel 

 in the womb. This may be checked by applying cold water and 

 ice to the loins and cleaning out the blood clots and injecting 

 into the womb a strong solution of tincture of iron. The womb 

 may be packed full of cloths wrung out of cold water. Also may 

 .give 1 ounce of ergot of rye. 



INVERSION OF THE WOMB. 



This is a turning inside-out of the womb, generally due to dif- 

 ficult delivery, and of violent straining by the animal due to 

 .after-pains. It is more common among cows, and may take place 

 immediately after calving or not until twenty-four hours or 

 more. The womb protrudes from the vulva sometimes as large 

 as a water bucket, and the animal in lying down gets the parts all 

 <lirty and filthy. 



Treatment. The animal should be made to rise and stand in a 

 position so that the hind quarters are 8 or 12 inches higher 

 than the front parts. The womb, if dirty, should be nicely 

 washed with warm water and a little carbolic acid and gently re- 

 turned to its place, which in some cases is found very difficult. 

 If the animal has a tendency to strain after the womb is returned, 

 it may be quieted by giving 1 ounce of laudanum in 1 pint of 

 water as a drench every two hours. In some cases it is found very 

 hard to keep the animal from forcing the womb out again. 

 Keep the animal standing or lying with her head down hill, and 

 a, truss may be applied to keep the womb from coming out. The 

 most convenient truss for a cow we have used is made from a 

 piece of small cotton rope about twenty feet long. Tie a loop 

 in the center of the rope large enough to go over her head and 



