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The Fa/rmer's Veterinary Adviser. 



course of tonics should accompany this treatment (sul- 

 phate of iron 2 drachms, pepper 1 drachm, gmger \ 

 oz., gentian ^ oz. daily. 



EvsBSiON OF THE Vagina oe Womb. The former may oc- 

 cur before parturition or even in the virgin state, the lat- 

 ter only after parturition. Hot, relaxing stables and regi- 

 men and too great a slope of the staUs backward are among 

 the causes of the first, violence in parturition or in the 

 removal of the afterbirth, of the second. Digestive and 

 urinary disorders are further causes. The everted vagina 

 forms a simple rounded mass easily distinguished from 



the bladder by the absence of 

 the ureters, and from the womb 

 by that of the two divisions or 

 horns, and in the case of rumi- 

 nants by the cotyledons. Treat- 

 ment is simple : Adjust the slope 

 of the stall, makiug the hinder 



Fig. 39. 



or 



; obviate costive- 

 any other 

 ; and adjust 

 as follows: Take 

 each more than 



Fig. 39 — Rope truss for everted 

 womb. 



part the higher 

 ness, diarrhoea 

 source of irritation 

 a rope truss 



two ropes, eacn more 

 double the length of the animal, 

 bend each double and intertwist 

 them at this bend so as to cir- 

 cumscribe an oval opening a 

 little larger than that of the vulva ; this having been ad- 

 justed to this orifice the two upper ends are carried 

 around the rump, crossed over each other repeatedly in 

 their passage along the back and finally tied to a collar 

 previously placed around the neck; the lower ends are 

 carried down between the thighs, one on each side of the 

 udder, and forward on the sides of the abdomen and chest 

 to be fixed to the collar. It may be made as tight as 

 seems necessary and will tighten with every effort at strain- 

 ing so that eversion becomes impossible. It may be made 



