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appears, and that physicians, even in places remote from 

 spots where that disorder originates, shall be ready to rec- 

 ognize it whenever it may aj^pear, and understand its nature 

 and proper treatment. There is certainly some danger, 

 although it may be doubted whetlier ihere is sufficient 

 warrant for the assertion which has been made to the 

 effect that each year hundreds die in places far from the 

 localities where the cause of their death originates, from 

 the use of meats, butter or cheese containing the germs 

 of the disease ; for the meats and dairy products from 

 localities infected by the scourge have to seek a market 

 away from home, and consequently find their way to the 

 larger towns. Nevertheless, the author, who has had an 

 opportunity of observing and studying this disease in the 

 rich valleys of the Southern mountain region, has found 

 it exceedingly prevalent there, and the resident physicians 

 and even the people themselves look for it as a matter of 

 course in the summer and fall months. Deaths fre- 

 quently occur from the use of infected milk and many 

 persons are to be seen whose systems have been perma- 

 nently weakened by the poison. From its peculiarity 

 there is no means of prevention except avoiding places 

 known to be subject to it, or of avoiding the use of milk 

 and butter from cows pastured where the disease may be 

 suspected to exist. 



EVERSION" OF THE UTERUS. 



A rather common disorder in dairies is the prolapsus 

 or eversion of the womb. Sometimes this disorder goes 

 no further than the ejection of the vagina ; but in any 

 case it is apt to be troublesome, as the nature of it is not 

 understood. The disturbance is first noticed by the ap- 

 pearance of a red soft tumor between the lips of the 

 vulva as the animal is lying, or the whole organ may be 

 found protruded and dragging in the filth of the gutter or 

 stable floor. By an easily recognized corruption of terms 



