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Diseases of the Genital Organs 



naturally pushed into any wound, greatly intensifies the 

 danger. In the worst cases of injury a vast phlegmon de- 

 velops in the pelvic areolar tissue, imperiling the life and 

 destroying the value of the animal. In lesser injuries, like 

 those depicted in Figs. 197, 198 abscesses occur. These in- 

 fected centers develop about them highly resistant, sclerotic 

 abscess walls which remove or diminish the peril to life but 

 are generally beyond practical repair so far as breeding is 

 concerned. 



Fig. 198 — Cervical Abscess from " Opening the Womb." Ventral Side. 



/, Cervix ; ^\ abscess with sclerotic walls ; j, cross section of healthy 



uterine cornua in shadow. The main volume of cervix, uterus, 



and cornua lie behin<I (above) the abscess. 



When severe purulent cervicitis exists in pregnant cows, 

 it should be handled chiefly by vaginal douches, consisting 

 of 14 per cent, of Lugol's solution, chlorazene, or other 

 equivalent. No radical attempt should be made to eliminate 

 the suppuration, but an effort made gently to ameliorate it 

 until the close of pregnancy, when the disease may be at- 

 tacked with ample vigor. 



