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cotton after pumping in a mild antiseptic solution. 

 By this means a case of this kind can invariably be 

 left in a clean, comfortable state. No straining is 

 seen if the swabbing is done thoroughly and there is 

 no dribbling of discharge for days afterward as occurs 

 usually without swabbing. 



In neglected cases which show signs of puerperal 

 infection much good comes from the use of polyvalent 

 bacterins. In fact, it is good policy and evidences 

 sound judgment, to administer a full dose of bacterins 

 in every case of retained after-birth. 



Latent, Imbedded Foreign Bodies. 



Space is devoted to this subject only for the pur- 

 pose of emphasizing the diagnosis of such conditions 

 as result from foreign bodies remaining deeply im- 

 bedded in tissue. 



Whenever a tumefied area in the soft tissues con- 

 tinues to discharge indefinitely, healing up for a short 

 time and then breaking out again, it is safe to assume 

 that a foreign body of some sort is present. Radical 

 surgical intervention is then indicated and free, bold 

 incision into the enlargement will usually reveal the 

 causative agent, often a small piece of wood. 



These conditions nearly always come in the parts 

 where heavy muscles predominate. Allowance must 

 be made for thecal abscesses in regions where bursae 

 exist, and it must also be remembered that in the loca- 

 tions of the various groups of lymphatic glands a sup- 

 purative condition may occur resembling one due to a 



