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tions are always a grave source of danger from 

 subsequent septic toxemia and must receive careful 

 and thorough antiseptic treatment. Prolapse of the 

 bladder, vide, may occur after rupture of the vagina. 

 Rupture of the Uterus 

 This serious accident' is usually the result of too 

 strenuous efiforts to extract a dead fetus, the walls 

 of the uterus having become weakened and friable, 

 from the solvent action of the products of decom- 



A 



Snare for Extracting Puppies, IVIade Out of Flexible Copper Wire 

 (A) and a Nlcl<el-plated Thermometer Case (B). A Safe and 

 Efficient Substitute for the Ordinary Forceps. Especially Useful 

 In Small Bitches, 



position of the dead puppy. The symptoms are 

 vomiting, collapse, and a running down, weak pulse. 

 The only chance for recovery lies in immediate 

 laparotomy, suture of the rent in the uterus after 

 it is properly cleaned, removing fetus and placenta, 

 or total extirpation of the organ after double liga- 

 tion. Otherwise septic peritonitis will prove rapidly 

 fatal. Before closing the abdomen, the abdominal 

 cavity must be irrigated with a decinormal saline 

 solution. The prognosis is very unfavorable. 



Sequelae to Parturition 

 Vaginitis 



Inflammation of the vagina is almost invariably 

 the result of difficult labor, and is especially com- 

 mon in cases that have required prolonged manipu- 

 lation and forceps delivery. It is indicated by a whit- 

 ish, purulent discharge, sometimes with an ex- 

 tremely ofifensive odor. Upon examination of the 

 vagina by means of a speculum the mucous mem- 

 brane is found to be hyperemic, swollen, and cov- 



