DISEASES OF SWINE 503 



an inch, rather blunt on the end, and the shank long so that the 

 operator can manipulate them handily. These hooks are useful in 

 helping to extract the foetus, but are not as handy as some of the 

 many styles of pig forceps now on the market. 



After giving the necessary aid, we should wait and watch re- 

 sults. If our efforts have proven unsuccessful, we must then resort 

 to the pig forceps, hooks, etc., and proceed in extracting the foetus. 

 If it has not already entered the pelvic cavity and the passages 

 are narrow, our efforts may prove unsuccessful. This is very apt to 

 be the case if the foetus is emphysematous or dead. The after treat- 

 ment consists in washing out the uterus and vagina with a two per 

 cent watery solution of creolin. (Ind. B. 100.) 



LAPAROTOMY. 



When all effort to remove the young by ordinary means fail, 

 we can then resort to more heroic measures, that of making an 

 opening into the uterus through the abdominal walls and extracting 

 the foetus. In valuable breeding sows this operation is of special 

 value, but should not be attempted by the stockman. It is useless, 

 however, to operate when the sow is exhausted by two or three 

 days of labor and after the foetuses have begun to decompose. 

 (Ind. B. 100.) 



EVERSION OF THE UTERUS AND VAGINA. 



One of the accidents following parturition is the eversion or 

 prolapsus of the vagina and the uterus. Only a portion of the 

 uterus is involved, and it is seldom that a complete prolapsus of this 

 organ occurs. This condition may occur before parturition. The 

 chief symptom of this accident is the presence of a tumor protrud- 

 ing from between the lips of the vulva, and which may hang some 

 distance below that opening. 



Treatment. It consists in cleaning the organ with warm water 

 and antiseptics and returning it to its proper position. If the part 

 is badly swollen, take a strip of muslin about two yards long and 

 two inches wide ; begin winding from the outer end and wind toward 

 the body and allow the bandage to remain on for ten or fifteen min- 

 utes. Keep the body end tight and remove the outer part and then 

 rebind in the same manner. After removing the bandage, apply 

 both thumbs to the center of the mass and return it at once by a 

 slow, steady pressure. The organ can be retained in position by 

 placing a lew stout stitches across the lips of the vulva. (Ind. B. 

 100.) 



CHOKING. 



Causes. Choking may be due to sharp objects when swallowed 

 penetrating the mucous membrane lining the pharynx or oesopha- 

 gus, and attempting to swallow objects (potatoes, roots, etc.) too 

 large to pass down the canal. Paralysis of the oesophagus may 

 sometimes cause it. 



Symptoms. If the choke is complete, the hog is unable to 

 swallow food, saliva dribbles from the mouth and tympanitis may 

 develop. If not relieved, death will occur from suffocation. The 

 animal may get rid of the choke by vomiting. In partial choke 



