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Treatment may consist in the internal use of tonics (sulphate of iron 

 3 drams, daily) and the washing out of the womb, as described under 

 the last heading, followed by an astringent antiseptic injection (car- 

 bolic acid 2 teaspoonfuls, tannic acid one-half dram, water 1 quart). 

 This may be repeated two or three times a day. 



LAMINITIS OR FOUNDER FOLLOWING PARTURITION. 



This sometimes follows on inflammation of the womb, as it fre- 

 quently does on disorder of the stomach. Its symptoms agree with 

 those of the common form of founder, and treatment need not differ. 



DISEASES OP THE UDDER AND TEATS — CONGESTION AND INFLAMMA- 

 TION OF THE UDDER. 



This is comparatively rare in the mare, though in some cases the 

 udder becomes painfully engorged before j)ai'turition, and a doughy 

 swelling, pitting on pressure, extends forward on the lower surface of 

 the abdomen. When this goes on to active inflammation one or both 

 of the glands become enlarged, hot, tense, and painful; the milk is 

 dried up or replaced by a watery or reddish serous fluid, which at 

 times becomes fetid; the animal walks lame, loses appetite, and shows 

 general disorder and fever. The condition may end in recovery, in 

 abscess, induration, or gangrene, and in some cases may lay the foun- 

 dation for a tumor of the gland. 



The treatment is sim^^le so long as there is only congestion. Active 

 rubbing with lard or oil, or better, camphorated oil, and the frequent 

 drawing off of the milk, by the foal or with the hand, will usually 

 bring about a rapid improvement. When active inflammation is 

 present fomentation Avith warm water may be kept up for an hour 

 and followed by the application of the camphorated oil, to which has 

 been added some carbonate of soda and extract of belladonna. A 

 dose of laxative medicine (4 drams Barbadoes aloes) will be of service 

 in reducing fever, and one-half ounce saltpeter daily will serve a 

 similar end. In case the milk coagulates in the udder and can not 

 be withdrawn, or Avhen the liquid becomes fetid, a solution of 20 grains 

 carbonate of soda and 10 droits carbolic acid dissolved in an ounce of 

 water shouldibe injected into the teat. In doing this it must be noted 

 that the mare has three separate ducts opening on the summit of each 

 teat and each must be carefully injected. To draw off the fetid 

 product it may be needful to use a small milking tube, or spring teat- 

 dilator designed by the writer (Plate VIII, Figs. 2 and 3). When pus 

 forms and i^oints externally, and can not find a free escape by the 

 teat, the spot where it fluctuates must be opened freely with the knife 

 and the cavity injected daily with the carbolic acid lotion. When the 

 gland becomes hard and indolent it may be rubbed daily with iodine 

 ointment 1 part, vaseline 6 jiarts. 



