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discharged, after which the orifice should be gently plugged with 

 cottou wool dressed over with Iodoform and repeated during the 

 healing process so long as it will remain in place; this is to serve 

 as a preventive against septic infection and blood poisoning. 



SORE TEATS. 



It may happen, especially in mares with a first foal, that the 

 teats are very sore fiom cracks and fissures in their substance; and 

 on some octasions they become so tender and sore that the mare 

 not only absolutely refuses to allow the foal to suck, but when 

 the latter is persistent in its efforts to obtain its nutriment, may 

 go so far as to kick and perhaps permanently injure it; under 

 such circumstances the teats require attention ; the cracks may be 

 brought on by cold or by the strong pulling of the foal in the act 

 of sucking. 



Treatment. — Thoroughly cleanse the teats with warm water; 

 dress them with a lotion made up according to the following 

 formula: Calendula one part, Glycerine two parts and water 

 three parts. If possible the foal should not be allowed to suck 

 for two or three days, which of course necessitates hand feeding 

 with cows milk the while, and the use of the teat syphon to empty 

 the glands must be resorted to; this little syphon must be obtained 

 of a size to suit the mares teats; before introducing same the 

 instrument should be dressed with carbolized oil; then holding 

 . the teat with one hand it should be gradually passed into the 

 milk duct without any force and allowed to remain till the contents 

 of the gland have drained off; this process together with the 

 cleansing and the dressing should be repeated three times in 

 twenty-four hours at least. The internal administration of tritura- 

 tion of Graphites 6x, grains five to a dose, night and mornings 

 will facilitate the cure. 



THE FOAE. 



It is impossible to lay down any general rule for the treatment 

 of foals, but as these are frequently the subject of some infantile 

 disorders, the work would not be anything like complete that did 

 not refer to same; for instance, before the foetus is absolutely sep- 

 arated from the mother by severance of the umbilical cord, the 

 same being born in the fcetal membranes, it is quite evident it 



