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these lines of handling we have not met with an unsuccessful 

 case, while we do not recall an instance where the treatment has 

 proven successful when the application of the remedies has been 

 entrusted to a layman. 



Upon the question of breeding after recovery we have no 

 definite data, but there is the danger that the oviducts may 

 occasionally become occluded during the course of the disease, 

 and cause sterility. 



The following cases are illustrative : 



Case I. — A mare, aged 15, entered our clinic March 11, 1S99, because of 

 a vaginal discharge. An examination revealed a copious discharge of dirty, 

 vi'hitish pus from the uterus. The os uteri was constricted. The uterine 

 cavity was fir.st injected with warm water, and later with 1-5000 corrosive 

 sublimate solution. On March 12, a horse catheter was introduced through 

 the con.stricted os, and i gallon of pus siphoned out, after which the cavity 

 was injected with 1-5000 corrosive sublimate solution. 



This line of treatment \jas continued until the i6th, when the os and uter- 

 ine cavity were tightly packed with gauze saturated with creolin solution. 

 On March 23 the os had become dilated, and the uterus had regained its 

 power, so that the pack of gauze was expelled. There was no longer an 

 appreciable amount of pus in the uterus. On March 25 the packing of the 

 uterus was discontinued, and creolin solution was substituted for the corro- 

 sive sublimate for irrigating. The suppuration had ceased, and the mare 

 was discharged. The treatment had occupied a period of two weeks. 



Case 2. — The patient was a mare aged 9 yrs., weighing about 1,100 lbs. 

 She was entered on Januar}' 9, 1900, with the history of a vaginal discharge 

 .since June, 1^99, or a period of seven months. She had been served in 

 June, 1899, without result. Exploration per rectum revealed the uterus 

 greatly di.stended with fluid. A rubber hose was passed into the uterus, and 

 5 gallons of pus were siphoned out A weak solution of creolin was then 

 injected into the uterus by gravity, and allowed to escape. The uterine 

 cavity was then packed with three yards of cheese-cloth saturated with 2 ', 

 creolin solution. 



On January 10 the same treatment was applied, and 5 yards of cheese- cloth 

 were used in packing. The same course was pursued on January 11. On 

 January 12 the uterus was washed with creoline solution, and packed with 

 gauze saturated with carbolic acid solution, which was left in place until 

 January 14, when it was re-dressed. On January 15 the patient seemed 

 worse. In order to bring about a more complete dilation of the constricted 

 OS, a new plan of packing was adopted. A bag was made of sufficiently 

 strong cloth, with a diameter of about 4 or 5 inches and a length of 3 feet. 

 It was saturated with creolin solution, sprinkled with iodoform, and then 

 oiled, and the closed end passed into the uterus. Through the open end 

 there were then passed 3 yards of cheese cloth, partly into the uterus but 

 largely in the tanal of the cervix. 



