224 BOVINE OBSTETRICS 



lowed by a wash of bichloride of mercury solution 1-1000, or a 

 2 per cent, creolin solution. 



Veterinarians not dressed for the occasion frequently soil 

 the sleeves with blood and foetal waters. After disinfecting 

 hands and arms the dirty sleeve is pulled down, thus offering 

 an excellent opportunity for infection. Under such circum- 

 stances the underwear must be changed and the arms and 

 hands disinfected again on their arrival at home. 



When infection has once taken place, it is advisable to 

 apply bandages saturated with a 1 per cent, corrosive subli- 

 mate solution to the arms and to keep them wet with the 

 solution. Of course, it is understood that a physician is con- 

 sulted. Infection may also occur after delivery, as the follow- 

 ing instance shows : 



In November, 1892, I was requested by the butcher 

 J at Z to deliver a double-ender in a two-year-old heifer. 

 The foetus was absolutely too large and the pelvis constricted 

 laterally. Complete embryotomy was performed. The various 

 parts of the calf weighed altogether 60 kg. On my arrival the 

 calf was still alive, but was sacrificed to save the cow. 



After completing the work, the owner brought a bucket of 

 water to wash in. Two assistants and myself cleaned our arms 

 and hands with soap and this water. A third assistant, who 

 could not wait, washed himself at a neighbor's. The following 

 day a pustulous exanthema, as described, developed on myself 

 and those two assistants who washed themselves with the 

 water out of the bucket. The third assistant, who assisted 

 mainly in embryotomy, was not attacked. 



In all probability infectiou occurred while washing our- 

 selves. It was discovered later that the bucket which served 

 as a wash basin was used to collect intestines not yet cleaned. 

 This water was full of low pathogenic organisms, causing the 

 local infection. The pustulous exanthema disappeared in about 

 six days. The cow was not the least disturbed from this diffi- 

 cult parturition. 



Care of the Animal — The owner of an animal requests 

 veterinary service to save an animal. He has confidence in 



