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Casting the Withers. 



This is the result of the worab failing 

 to contract after calving. The womb is 

 turned outside in and protrudes through 

 the vagina and hangs from the vulva. 

 The womb is easily distinguished from 

 the protruding vagina by the presence 

 over its surface of a large number of 

 mushroom-like bodies, each two or three 

 inches in diameter and attached by a 

 narrow neck. The following illustration 

 will enable this condition to be readily 

 recognized. 



If the aversion is only partial or even 

 complete, if taken before the womb be- 

 comes gorged with blood or inflamed, it 

 is often easily returned to its normal 

 position. 



Place the cow so that she stands one 

 foot higher behind than before. Strain- 

 ing should be checked by pinching the 

 cow's back. Take a sheet, and having it 

 held by two men, sustain the everted 

 womb and slowly raise it to the level of 

 the vulva. Sponge clean with cold water, 

 and finally it may be sponged over with 

 laudanum or with a weak solution of car- 

 bolic acid (i dram to t quart of water). 



The closed fist having been greased 

 with vaseline may now be planted in the 

 rounded part of the largest horn and. 

 pushed so as to turn it back within itself 

 and carry it on through the vagina, the 

 other hand being used meanwhile to as- 

 sist in pushing the different masses in 

 succession within the lips of the vagina. 

 If the straining cannot be stopped by 

 pinching the back, it may be checked by 



giving two ounces of laudanum or one 

 and one-half ounces of chloral hydrate. 

 Fifteen to twenty minutes are usually 

 sufficient to cause the return of the womb, 

 provided straining is prevented by pinch- 

 ing the back or otherwise. 



Retentio.n of the womb is the next 

 point, and this is most easily accomplished 

 by the means of a rope truss. Take two 

 ropes one inch in diameter and eighteen 

 feet long, and double each of them. Lay 

 them so that one bend lies above the 

 other about eight inches, the double ends 

 extending in opposite directions. Twist 

 each end of the one rope twice about the 

 other so as to form an opening when 

 drawn tight. Tie a strap or rope or use 

 a horse collar around the neck, and a 

 surcingle about the body. Place the rope 

 truss on the animal so that the opening 

 left in the rope will surround the vulva, 

 the two ascending ropes on the right and 

 left of the tail, and the d.-scending ones 

 down inside the thighs, one on each side 

 of the udder. See illustration. 



E.xtend the ropes under the body and 

 tie to the surcingle and collar. Those on 

 the back should be twisted about each 

 other and also tied to the surcingle and 

 collar. These ropes should be drawn so 

 tightly that the rope ring is made to press 

 firmly all around the vulva without risk 

 of getting out of place. This should be 

 worn for several days. Variations of the 

 ring about the vulva are found ina nar- 



