Vaginal O r 9 [Vagina 



used to extract a puppy. Injuries to the passage 

 at this time are always dangerous, as blood- 

 poisoning often follows. The vagina may also 

 be injured by dragging apart a dog and bitch 

 when " locked " together. This is quite an un- 

 necessary procedure, as they will quickly separate 

 if the dog's testicles be gently but firmly 

 pressed. 



The vagina is also frequently injured by the 

 passage of some foreign substance into it, as a 

 peg or stick, as I have seen done in cases of 

 prolapsus of this part. In these cases there is 

 generally a mattery discharge, and when the 

 injury has occurred during the birth of a puppy 

 it may be very offensive, and in these cases there 

 are symptoms of blood - poisoning, as a high 

 temperature, loss of appetite, vomiting, etc. 



Treatment: In the latter mentioned cases — 

 that is, when the injury occurs during parturition, 

 the passage should be first thoroughly washed out 

 with a tepid solution of perchloride of mercury, 

 one in three thousand, using from two to twenty 

 tablespoonfuls, 1 and about two minutes afterwards 

 all traces of this should be removed by again 

 syringing the passage with water that has recently 

 been boiled, used just warm. Afterwards repeat 

 the injections night and morning, now using a 

 saturated solution of boracic acid. If tempera- 

 ture is high, give from one to five grains * of 

 salicylate of quinine in a cachet, and if tempera- 

 ture is not reduced in six hours, repeat the dose. 



In ordinary cases of injury, simply washing the 

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



