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fection. By placing the patient upon her back, gravitation of the 

 liquid is more marked, but when this is not convenient it may be 

 done with the animal standing. The flow may be favored by 

 raising the abdomen with a sheet held by two assistants. The 

 womb may be thoroughl}^ cleansed by a normal salt solution 

 which has been boiled, and then daily injected with a creolin 

 solution (i : 100). In hydrometra an iodine lotion may be used. 

 A course of tonics is often indicated. 



UTERINE TUMORvS. 



These are somewhat rare in the domestic animals, 3'etthey have 

 been met with in the form of cysts, fibroma, fibro-myoma, sar- 

 coma, and carcinoma. In a number of cases the nature of the 

 tumor has not been clearly made out. Mangot .saw a mare with 

 two pediculated uterine tumors having an aggregate weight of 

 12 lbs. These were expelled with much straining and suffering. 

 EaMaitre and Rodet record other cases. Stockfleth describes 

 multiple pediculated fibroid tumors in the womb of the cow. 

 Cysts have been especially seen in the cow and bitch, and car- 

 cinoma in the bitch. 



Symptoms. These may for a length of time be overlooked, though 

 breeding animals usually fail to conceive. Then a slimy, muco- 

 purulent, serous, bloody or foetid discharge may escape hal)itually 

 from the vulva, smearing the tail and hips and collecting on the 

 floor. If the os is sufficiently patent to admit the hand vaginal 

 and uterine exploration will detect the tumor. In other cases it 

 may be felt by rectal examination. 



Treatment is essentially surgical and will consist in dilatation 

 of the OS, and the removal of the tumor by twisting, ecraseur, or 

 curette, and with careful antiseptic precautions before and after. 

 In malignant tumors in the uterine walls it may be expedient to 

 remove the entire organ. 



