PARTURITION. 



BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE ACT. 



. But for the fact that there are inckided in the Homoeopathic 

 Pharmacopoeia so many drugs which are entirel}' ignored or un- 

 acknowledged by the allopathist, whose special function seems to 

 be to afford aid to the female during the periods of gestation and 

 parturition (bearing and delivery), it would be absolutely useless 

 to attempt to compress into the pages of this book anything re- 

 garding this unusually wide subject that would be likely to be of 

 the slightest use. Dr. Fleming in his text book on ' ' Veterinary 

 Obstetrics" has filled up over 750 pages, and Dr. Guernsey in 

 his valuable book on Htunan Obstetrics occupies close on 1000 

 pages in dealing with this all-important subject; it may, there- 

 fore, be asked what useful purpose can be served by attempting 

 to present to laymen a few scattered thoughts, when the proper 

 consideration of the subject by these two learned practitioners has 

 occupied so much space. Well, our reply to such a critic, if such 

 a one there be, is that a few crumbs to the starving are better 

 than no food, and the few suggestions on this vitally important 

 topic which can be compressed herein will, it is hoped, prove 

 better than allowing breeders of horses to find nothing in this 

 work regarding the subject which affects them from a financial 

 standpoint in so marked a manner. Had we nothing more hy way 

 of assistance at so critical a juncture than the allopathist can offer, 

 we would feign let the subject pass, but as we can make sugges- 

 tions for the comfort and safety of the ' ' in-foal mare ' ' before 

 time of deliver}^ and further, can assist nature during the act of 

 delivery, and, further still, help to restore nature to her normal 

 equilibrium after the same has been upset di\ring the period of 

 ' '/oal birth ' ' there is good reason to believe that we are war- 

 ranted in the endeavor to place before those who are otherwise 

 helpless a few leading suggestions for their adoption, and if the 



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