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the hinder parts elevated. The uterus should be carefully 

 washed with warm water containing a small quantity of 

 carbolic acid or some other antiseptic. The closed fist should 

 then be applied to the fundus of the organ, which must be 

 gradually and gently pushed inwards Stitches may be 

 passed through the lips of the vulva to keep the uterus in its 



! pLice. The stitches can be left for about 24 hours or until 

 all straining has stopped. In some cases, a truss made of 



J rope can be arranged so that it will press against the vagina. 

 Mammitis ; Garget ; Downfall of the udder. — Inflammation: 



| of the mammary gland is frequent in the cow. Exposure to 

 cold, injuries of various kinds, obstruction of the flow of 

 milk, allowing the animal to remain too long without milking 

 may be enumerated as causes. Foot-and-mouth disease and 

 cow-pox may also induce the disease. Mammitis often occurs 

 soon after parturition and is caused by sudden overdistention 

 of the part from a rush of new milk. The udder becomes 

 enlarged, hot and tender and pits on pressure. The calf 

 should be put to the mother frequently and the milk drawn, 

 away gently, so that the udder may be emptied. The part 

 should be fomented with warm water freely two or three 

 times a day and dressed with camphor oil after each fomenta- 

 tion The patient should have a pound of Epsom salts given 

 in warm water. The udder can be supported with a broad 

 bandage. Abscesses should be looked for and at the first 

 indication they should be opened, the matter let out and the 

 opening dressed with carbolic oil. 



Sore-teats. — This, like garget, often occurs after calving. 

 Cracks and sores form on the teats causing much uneasiness 

 when the cow is milked. Before milking, foment the teats 

 with warm water, in which some alum has been dissolved. 

 After milking dress the teats with boric liniment made in 

 butter, ghi or coconut oil. 



Savel-ilL— Occasionally calves suffer from this owing to 

 the abrupt or imperfect separation of the navel cord, and the 

 navel bleeds. Should the cord be of sufficient length, it may 

 be ligatured, but if close to the abdomen, apply a little pow- 

 dered sulphate of copper or touch it with the point of a 

 heated iron. Sometimes an abscess may form, which must 

 be opened at once and dressed with carbolic oil. An abscess 

 may lead to inflammation of the peritoneum and occasion the 

 Kith of the calf. 



Costiveness in the newly born calf. — The best medicine is the 

 •ows first milk. If there is any necessity for an aperient 

 Ring given, administer in half a pint of rice gruel 2 ounces 

 j>f castor oil with half a dram of ginger powder. 



