480 CHRONIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 



proposition, infectious granular vaginitis is a stubborn dis- 

 ease, which, unless treated in the early stages, becomes a most 

 obstinate malady. 



Treatment. — Treatment consists in a thorough cleansing 

 of the affected genital passages with disinfectants which 

 are not too irritant. The disinfection of the premises should 

 also be made. Where feasible a separation of the infected 

 from the non-infected should be practised. The vagina may 

 be flushed out with a lukewarm solution of bicarbonate of 

 soda (2 per cent.) or lysol solution (1 per cent.). Vaginal 

 tampons made of gauze impregnated with some antiseptic 

 in fluid, ointment, or powder form are considered more 

 serviceable than mere irrigations, as the antiseptic is kept 

 in longer contact with the inflamed part. Success does not 

 depend, however, so much upon the disinfectant used as the 

 thoroughness of its application. Bulls naay be treated as 

 recommended in infectious abortion. 



Prevention. — Prevention is accomplished by practically 

 the same means suggested for infectious abortion. 



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