22,2 THE FARMER S VETERINARIAN 



Good nursing is necessary. Keep the horse 

 warm with blankets. Give him soft, nourishing 

 food. The eyes should be bathed three or four 

 times a day with hot water. A little boric acid, 

 say, a teaspoonful to a half pint of water, is good 

 to use as a wash for the eyes and nostrils. To 

 keep the kidneys active and to reduce the fever, give 

 a tablespoonful of nitrate of potash dissolved in 

 water two or three times a day. If the 

 horse is very weak, one-half glass of whiskey in a 

 pint of gruel three times a day is stimulating and 

 helpful. It is better not to give any physic of any 

 kind. After recovery, the horse should be given 

 little or no work. A long rest of several weeks is 

 necessary. 



PLACENTA.— The covering of the fetus, com- 

 monly called the afterbirth. As a rule, this comes 

 away with the birth of the offspring. Occasionally 

 in the cow it remains attached to the walls of the 

 uterus, and if not removed will cause trouble, if 

 not sickness and death. Soon after the birth of the 

 calf, if the afterbirth remains, decomposition sets in 

 and as a result the system is more or less poisoned. 

 The first symptoms observed are the offensive odor, 

 the reddish discharge and the decrease in the milk 

 flow. 



If the afterbirth does not come away of itself, 

 assistance is necessary. Do this during the first 

 or second day, or the third day at the latest. To 

 remove the afterbirth, tie up the cow and fasten 

 her in a way that she cannot jump around. Now 

 introduce the hand and arm, after careful washing 

 and disinfecting and oiling, into the uterus and 

 gradually and gently break the buttons or attach- 

 ments from the walls of the uterus with the fingers. 

 With patience these will come away and the whole 



