178 KENNEL DISEASES. 
When possible to effect delivery through the natural avenue, the uterus being 
freed of its contents, it should be thoroughly disinfected, as in puerperal fever. 
As to constitutional treatment, at once the presence of the disease is detected, 
the same medicine, stimulation, and supportive treatment recommended for puer- 
peral fever should be administered. 
Recurring to disinfection, some physicians have greater confidence in the 
peroxide of hydrogen than in corrosive sublimate or carbolic solutions. The 
former can be used freely and is entitled to preference, provided the uterus is 
empty and its mouth so well opened that the drainage is good. 
Once this disease occurs in a kennel, only with exceeding difficulty can it be 
made safe for bitches in whelp. Indeed, he is wise who, having had a case of it, 
burns the infected quarters ; or, if this remedy is too expensive, purifies them as 
completely as possible, devotes them to general use thereafter, and provides 
others for whelping. 
If neither of these radical measures can be applied, then all that remains is 
to disinfect thoroughly. If the floor is of wood, it had best be removed and a 
new one laid down. But before this is done a large quantity of quicklime should 
be spread on the ground beneath and spaded in. At the same time, if the air 
cannot circulate freely under the floor timbers, two large holes should be made 
in the foundation, on opposite sides, and left open for weeks and even months, 
if possible. 
Before the floor is relaid, its timbers and the foundation walls should all be 
treated to a solution of corrosive sublimate, made by adding a teaspoonful of 
that agent to a gallon of water. This should be driven with a brush into every 
crack and cranny, or if there are any that cannot be reached by this means, a 
syringe should be used. 
Allowing a day or two for this solution to thoroughly dry in, it should be fol- 
lowed by a lavish use of quicklime in the form of thick whitewash; which is 
most active when applied as soon as prepared and while still hot. 
All this done, the ceilings, walls, and: indeed every part above should be as 
faithfully washed with the same corrosive sublimate solution, and this again in 
turn be followed by whitewash where its use is permissible. 
Of course if a kennel is of expensive construction, and its walls are sheathed 
and painted, the owner would be reluctant to whitewash such parts, in which 
event he should paint, varnish, or shellac, as he may prefer, after the sublimate 
solution has been freely applied. 
A temporary floor having been in use while this renovation has been going 
on, a permanent one may be laid; and thereafter, until the quarters are to be 
again used, every door and window in them should be kept open day and night, 
to admit the sunlight and air, — two of the most potent disinfectants. 
