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from placing the cow in such a position, that the hind parts 

 may be higher than the fore. If any dust or straw remain 

 about the womb, they should be carefully removed before the 

 womb is put back. A linen cloth is then to be put under the 

 womb, which is to be held by two assistants. The cow 

 should be made to rise, that being the most favorable position, 

 and the operator is then to grasp the mouth of the womb with 

 both hands, and gently return it. When so returned, one 

 hand is to be immediately withdrawn, while the other re- 

 mains to prevent that part from falling down again. The 

 hand at liberty is then to grasp another portion of the womb, 

 which is to be pushed into the body like the former, and 

 retained with one hand. This is to be repeated until the 

 whole of the womb is put back ; if the womb does not con- 

 tract, friction with a brush around the belly and back may 

 excite the muscles to contraction : should this fail, the animal 

 may have an astringent and aromatic drink, made by infusing 

 three ounces of ground poplar bark in about three pints of 

 hot water ; when cool, administer with a horn or bottle, tak- 

 ing care, while pouring down the oesophagus, to let it fall 

 gently and gradually ; by that means it will pass over the 

 pillars of the oesophagean canal, and on to the third stomach; 

 otherwise it would fall into the rumen, and defeat the object 

 in view. 



Camphor. A narcotic vegetable poison. This medicine, 

 says Dr. White, " is employed both internally and externally. 

 It is given inwardly as an anti-spasmodic, as in lockjaw, 

 when it is commonly joined with opium ; and as a febrifuge, 

 or fever medicine, joined with nitre and antimonial powder." 

 It is no wonder that Youatt and others say, " that the treat- 

 ment of lockjaw in animals is very unsatisfactory ; " and that 

 Gibson should confess, " that in the administration of these 

 destructive agents there is great danger, and unless the horse 

 is very strong, he may not recover from the experiment." 

 The four articles above named are all more or less destructive, 

 because they war against the living principle ; part act as a 

 sedative, and the others as chemical agents. Is it not the duty 



