826 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



The hot water will contract the capillaries, and reduce the uterus greatly. Then, 

 with assistance, and your hand covered with a towel, gradually force the organ into 

 its position. Should there be severe straining, administer the following drench: — 



Laudanum , 2} oz. 



Spirits camphor 1 " 



Chloroform J " 



Tinct: capsicum , I " 



Water 1 pt. 



Mix, and give at once. 



" This will quiet the animal, and straining will almost cease. When the organ 

 is in position, apply your truss, and let the animal stand. Should the straining not 

 cease, give chloroform and laudanum in above proportions. Remove the truss within 

 forty-eight hours, and turn the patient out among the other herd. Ice should never 

 b& applied, and is injurious as well as dangerous. Should the animal have been 

 neglected, and the organ been out oVer twenty-four hours, then excision or amputa- 

 tion is the only treatment ; but I would advise, in such crises, the destruction of the 

 animal, as the flesh is fit for human food." 



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Dr. B. C. Mc Beth, pf Battle Creek, Mich., employs the following 

 treatment in inversion of the uterus : — 



First cleanse thoroughly with hot water tinctured with carbolic 

 acid in the proportion of three or four drams of the former to three 

 or four gallons of the latter, and having then replaced the organ in 

 position, give the following as a drench : — 



Tincture of opium 2 oz. 



Chloroform J " 



Sulphuric ether 1 " 



Spirits camphor 1 " 



Water 1 pt. 



After giving this prescription a fair trial, without success, Dr. 

 Mc B. advises a resort to the following treatment, the details of 

 which he furnishes at our special request : — 



At a point directly over the lumbar region, some three inches 

 forward of the hip, and about three inches on each side of the back- 

 bone, take up a fold of the skin between the thumb and finger, and 

 run through it a needle with a waxed thread ; draw over the center 

 of the back, and bring a sharp strain upon the string. This should 

 be done when there is no curve to the back. Give doses of sulphite 

 of soda, as follows : — 



Nitrate of potash 1 dr. 



Sulphite of soda ; 2 " 



To be administered every fourth hour for twenty-four or thirty hours. 

 After the second day give the following : — 



Nux vomica } dr. 



Or— 

 Quinine } dr. 



