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may stimulate the womb to contraction and expulsion ol 

 the afterbirth. 2. Seize the mass close up to the vulva 

 between two pieces of wood and dragging gently move it 

 from side to side to titillate the passages and stimulate the 

 womb to contraction. 3. Give a dose of physic (Glaaber 

 or Epsom salts) with aromatics (ginger, pepper, copaiva, 

 cardamoms, caraway, etc.) 4. The most satisfactory 

 method is to remove it by the hand, in twelve to twenty- 

 four hours after parturition, before the neck of the womb 

 has closed so as to forbid the introduction of the arm. In 

 cows the protruding membranes are gently pulled upon by 

 the left hand while the right is introduced iato the womb 

 and the connecting cotyledons or placentulse of the mem- 

 branes are, one by one, squeezed out from their connec- 

 tions with those of the womb. The process may be slow, 

 as fifty such connections may demand separation, but 

 patience will be crowned with final success, the great 

 points being to tear nothing and to bring up and separate 

 the last portions as perfectly as the first. 



Prevention. In poverty-stricken animals much may 

 often be done by warm sloppy food for a week or two 

 prior to parturition. 



Leucobehcba. Catarrh op the Womb or Vagina. This 

 often results from retained afterbirth or violence done in 

 parturition, but may occur independently of both or even 

 in the virgin animal. There is a whitish discharge from 

 the vulva, fcetid if from retained afterbirth, with rapid 

 falling off in flesh and milk, in spirit and appetite. The 

 subjects can rarely be impregnated. 



Treatment. Introduce a catheter ■ into the womb, di-aw 

 off the contained fluid, wash out with tepid water intro- 

 duced through the tube, and inject one of the following 

 solutions : 1 drachm of sulphate of zinc, sulphate of cop- 

 per, acetate of lead, permanganate of potassa or carbolic 

 acid, or ^ drachm chloride of zinc, dissolved in a pint of 

 water and five ounces of glycerine added. This injection 

 shoald be repeated daily until the discharge ceases. A 



