DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF SHEEP AND PIGS 493 



while you start turning the womb in at the passage. Con- 

 tinue turning it in until it is all in the passage. Oil the hand 

 and arm, if the sow is large enough for your hand to pass 

 into the passage, if not, secure the services of a boy with a 

 small hand. Press the pig bed right back into its place. As 

 soon as you have done this, sew up the vulva — the opening 

 of the passage to the womb — putting two or three stitches 

 across it. Put them in quite deep, just leaving space enough 

 at the bottom through which to pass water. Leave the 

 stitches in for a day or two until she stops straining, then 

 cut the stitches, pull them out and she will be all right. After 

 you have put the bed back, if still straining, give : 



Laudanum J4 ounce or 1 dessertspoonful. 



Sweet Spirits of Nitre.... *4 ounce or 1 dessertspoonful. 

 Fleming's Tincture of Aconite 2 to 3 drops. 



Mix in a teacupful of lukewarm water and pour down as 

 a drench after turning her on her back and prying her mouth 

 open with a stick. If she does not get relief in two hours, 

 repeat the drench, and continue repeating it every two or 

 three hours until the straining ceases. 



8. Drying a Sow. 



Give a teaspoonful of sulphur in her feed twice a day. 

 Bathe the milk glands with lukewarm water, vinegar or warm 

 forge water once a day for a week and allow her to run 

 outside. 



