Prolapsus Uteri : Its Successful 

 Treatment* 



By A. J. Treman, D. V. M., Lake City, la. 



On the morning of May 17, 1909, the phone 

 wakened me uncomfortably early. Answering it, 

 I learned that a farmer eight miles away wanted 

 me to come, in a hurry, to his place. His answers 

 to a few questions revealed that he had a mare 

 with an eversion of the uterus. I directed him to 

 get a large dishpan, fill it with clean hot water 

 and place the everted mass into it and keep pour- 

 ing hot water over it continually until I arrived. 



When I arrived, I found a fine large five-year- 

 old mare, with a complete eversion of the uterua 

 and vagina. The pulse was weak and rapid, res- 

 pirations hurried and distressed, the animal 

 suffering considerable pain and quite weak; how- 

 ever the owner had carefully followed my instruc- 

 tions, and all hemorrhage was stopped, there was 



♦Reprinted from ATnerican Journal Veterinary Medicine, Dec., 1911. 



