166 KENNEL DISEASES. 
Used in this instance, the term recovery must be qualified ; for although the 
health may be entirely restored, the womb seldom returns to its original state 
after being once inflamed. But, instead, it generally remains permanently 
enlarged, and there persists a low form of inflammation of its lining membrane. 
Consequently the victim is not likely to be afterward capable of breeding. 
Simple and uncomplicated inflammation of the womb scarcely requires other 
treatment than good nursing. Rest should be enforced, the patient prevented 
from taking cold, and the diet restricted to milk and other light and easily 
digestible foods. 
Inflammation occurring shortly after whelping and attended by an offensive 
discharge, should have the same treatment as puerperal fever. When the affec- 
tion follows whelping and the signs indicate that the womb is empty, good nurs- 
ing will generally suffice. 
TUMORS OF THE WOMB. 
Under this head are included polypi and tumors located in the uterine walls. 
The first may form at any time of life, and they may be mucous, glandular, 
or fibrous ; but of all, the mucous are the most common. 
Naturally of slow growth, they often exist for a long time without giving rise 
to any appreciable symptoms ; and indeed only rarely is their presence suspected 
until they have passed out of the uterus and attained sufficient size to reach the 
vulva, where they appear as vaginal polypi. 
Tumors of the uterine walls form between the third and fifth years, while the 
uterus is most active. Small at first they, as a rule, grow slowly and steadily, and 
after attaining considerable size, cysts or sacs containing fluid generally appear 
in their substance. 
The symptoms of uterine polypi and tumors have some resemblance. In 
both the early signs are obscure. The first generally observed are manifested 
during the mating season, which is much prolonged, the bleeding existing in 
some cases between four and five weeks. 
These tumors seem to stimulate the womb, and it increases in size; conse- 
quently in time there is likely abdominal enlargement, which suggests pregnancy 
in victims that are fairly thin. But as a matter of fact, as a rule, they are 
usually fat and overweight, therefore until the growths themselves and the womb 
are quite large the change may not be detected. 
On attaining sufficient size they press against the bladder and lower bowel, 
and as a result there is frequent urination and straining. But these symptoms 
are not constant, that is, with marked intensity. 
With polypi there is also some uterine enlargement, and possibly much the 
