DISEASES OF THE GENERATIVE ORGANS 



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and take the necessary precautions against infecting 

 them with irritating germs. 



The treatment should be used before the inflamma- 

 tion has had an opportunity to spread to the neigh- 

 boring parts. The sow should be given comfortable 

 quarters and good care. To keep her strength up, we 

 should coax her to eat, and give her stimulants and 



FIG. 6 — A PIG EXTRACTOR ("CINCH") 



tonics, if necessary. The local treatment consists in 

 injecting the womb and vagina with some reliable tar 

 disfectant solution. Some form of a fountain syringe 

 should be used in giving the injection, and a one or 

 two per cent, water solution of the disinfectant used. 

 In bad cases the above treatment is repeated twice 

 a day for as long a time as necessary. 



INVERSION AND PROLAPSUS OF THE VAGINA 

 AND UTERUS 



This accident usually follows birth. Only a part 

 of the genital canal, or womb, may be involved, and 

 it is seldom that a complete prolapsus of the parts 

 occurs. The chief symptom is a tumor-like mass 



