Vagina] 3 1 ° [Vagina 



white mattery discharge from the vagina, some- 

 times before or more often after being on 

 " heat ". Sometimes after pupping a bitch will 

 continue to discharge a thick, tarry-looking blood 

 for weeks, which causes weakness, and often 

 upsets the milk. 



Treatment : In the former case, if the bitch is 

 coming on heat, do not interfere with it beyond 

 keeping the external part clean by sponging 

 occasionally with a weak solution of Pearson's 

 antiseptic fluid ; but when it occurs after the heat, 

 even though the bitch may have been served, 

 means must be taken to stop the discharge, 

 which is very weakening. 



Syringe the vagina night and morning with a 

 warm solution of burnt alum, say ten grains to 

 every ounce of water, and use from two to ten l 

 ounces of the solution each time. The syringe 

 should be one with a long nozzle, and after being 

 vaselined be passed into the passage as far as it 



will go. 



Tonics should be given as from half 1 to three 

 grains of sulphate of iron made into a pill. Repeat 

 twice a day after food. 



When the discharge is of a bloody nature, as 

 occurs after pupping, syringe as just recom- 

 mended, and give from half 1 to two grains of 

 ergotine added to each iron pill. 



Vagina (Injuries to) : 



Symptoms : Occurs sometimes during the birth 

 of a puppy, even when being naturally expelled, 

 and it is often caused by instruments carelessly 

 According to the size of the dog. See p. 86. 



