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one part of the drug to one thousand of water; this can best be 

 effected by using a large syringe with a long wooden nozzle; the 

 injection should be continued until the solution returns per vulvam 

 quite clear and free from any secretion; after that a lotion of 

 Hydrastis B, one part to six of tepid water should be injected well 

 into the womb and after quickly withdrawing the syringe hold 

 the lips of the vulva firmly together in order to retain the lotion 

 upon the parts for some two or three minutes; if after the first ap- 

 plication the secretion is decidedly less the Corrosive sicblimate 

 solution washing need not be repeated, otherwise it should be; 

 but the injection of the i^^r^i'/zV lotion must be repeated night 

 and morning till a cure is effected; the internal administration 

 night and morning of Hydrastis 0, ten drops in a wineglass of 

 water to a dose will much facilitate the cure. 



METRITIS, INFI^AMMATION OF THE WOMB. 



This disease is sometimes described as parturie?it /ever; when 

 it occurs as a sequel to the birth of a foal it may very easily result 

 in blood poisoning, if the surroundings of the box or stable are of 

 an unsanitar}^ character or if the dung pit is in close proximity; 

 and in cases of protracted labor or when the titcnis has been 

 wounded by the careless use of instruments in effecting delivery, 

 the septic infection gains entrance to the blood through this 

 wound or abrasion. True metritis ma)' be recognized by the ex- 

 alted body temperature, it rapidly riins up to 105 degrees or even 

 higher, and by the increased frequency of the pulse; from ninety 

 to one hundred beats per minute being by no means infrequently 

 observed, the respirations being proportinately increased in 

 number. The mare will give distinct evidence of acute pain by 

 turning her head first to one side and then the other in the region 

 where the uterus is situated, and if the abdomen thereabouts is 

 manipulated and also the loins she will generally flinch as though 

 the parts were very tender; she will lie down and rise again 

 quickly and give evidence of great restlessness, hence the condi- 

 tion must not be mistaken for one of simple colic; as the inflam- 

 mation increases the mare will continue standing presumably be- 

 cause the act of lying down hurts her, the organ having become 

 increasingly tender; considerable difficulty is generally experienced 

 in evacuating the bladder and rectum. 



