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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 straining so that eversion becomes impos- 

 sible. It may be made more secure by attaching the ropes 

 to a surcingle as well. This truss must of course be re^ 

 moved when true lab'or-pains come on. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE WOMB. 



Causes. Lacerations, bruises and other injuries in par- 

 turition or in removal of the afterbirth, exposure to cold 

 or wet after parturition, retained afterbirth, etc. 



Symptoms. Two or three days after parturition a shiv- 

 ering fit, cohcky pains, looking at abdomen, plaintive cries, 

 twisting of the tail, shifting of the hind feet, tenderness of 

 loins and abdomen, arching of the loins, vulva red and 

 swollen, frequent straining with foetid discharge, the hand 

 introduced into the womb finds both its neck and body 

 dilated with fluid contents, the belly becomes tense and 

 swoUen, there is grinding of the teeth, insatiable thirst 

 and loss of power over the limbs. The pulse and respira- 

 tion are accelerated and the temperature of the body 

 raised. It may end in poisoning of the blood with pus or 

 absorbed putrid matters, or in gangrene, or if recovery en- 

 sues it may be perfected in two or three weeks. Peritoni- 

 tis and enteritis frequently coexist and are equally fatal 

 at this period. 



Treatment. Wash out the womb, as in leucorrhoea, with 

 chlorine water or a solution of chloride of hme, perman- 

 ganate of potassa or carbolic acid, adding a solution of 

 gum Arabic, glycerine and laudanum to render it more 

 soothing. Give an active purgative (in the cow sulphate 

 of soda 1 lb.) and foUow this up by tincture of aconite foui 

 times a day, and nitrate of potassa and chlorate of potas.=ia 

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