INVERSION OF THE UTERUS INTEGUMENT, OR SKIN. 369 



tion, as soon as her situation is discovered, and the follow- 

 ing medicine may be given with some nourishing gruel : 



Epsom salts ^ ounce. 



Tincture of opium - - - 1 drachm. 

 Powdered camphor - - - i do- 



The two latter medicines may be repeated the following 

 day, but not the salts, unless the bowels are confined. 



INVERSION OF THE UTERUS. 



Though this occasionally takes place in the ewe at any 

 period, from sudden severe exertion or straining hard, yet it 

 is most frequent immediately or very shortly after parturi- 

 tion. In this case it arises from the violent spasmodic ac- 

 tion of the womb, which turns inside out, and protrudes out 

 of the sheep. 



No time should be lost in replacing it. The ewe must be 

 placed on her back, with her hind feet elevated ; and the 

 hands being lubricated with oil or lard, the uterus should be 

 gently forced back into its natural situation. Twenty to 

 thirty drops of the tincture of opium should be given in a 

 pint of gruel, and the ewe kept perfectly quiet. 



This is inflammatory affection of the udder, caused some- 

 times by constitutional derangement, but generally by the 

 death of the lamb, and the milk of the udder becoming co- 

 agulated. 



An ounce or two of Epsom salts, with a drachm of gin- 

 ger, should be given the ewe, dissolved in warm water ; let 

 the udder be fomented with water as hot as it can be borne. 

 The fomentation, if necessary, should be repeated, and then 

 camphor ointment rubbed upon it twice a day. If the 

 swelling continues, and matter forms, it should at once be 

 opened by an incision, and the puss pressed out. If the 

 smell is very offensive, it should be syringed with a weak 

 solution of chloride of lime for several days. 



THE INTEGUMENT, OR SKIN.* 



The skin of the sheep, although composed, like that of 

 Other animals, of the cuticle, the subjacent mucous tissue and 

 the true skin, differs materially from that of most of them in 



* By Youatt. 



