188 DISEASES OP THE HORSE. 



insure that all of the womb has been washed out, the oiled hand 

 may be introduced to carry the end of the tube into the two horns 

 successively. When the offensive contents have been thus removed, 

 the womb should be injected with a quart of water holding in solu- 

 tion 1 dram permanganate of potash, or, in the absence of the latter, 

 2 teaspoonfuls of carbolic acid. Kepeat twice daily. Fomentation 

 of the abdomen, or the application of a warm flaxseed poultice, may 

 greatly relieve. Acetanilid, in doses of half an ounce, repeated twice 

 or thrice a day, or sulphate of quinia in doses of one-third ounce, 

 may be employed to reduce the fever. If the great prostration indi- 

 cates septic poisoning, large doses (one-half ounce) bisulphite of 

 soda, or salicylate of soda, or sulphate of quinine may be resorted to. 



LEUCORRHEA. 



This is a white, glutinous, chronic discharge, the result of a contin- 

 ued subacute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the womb. 

 Like the discharge of acute inflammation, it contains many forms of 

 bacteria, by some of which it is manifestly inoculable on the penis of 

 the stallion, producing ulcers and a specific gonorrheal discharge. 



Treatment may consist in the internal use of tonics (sulphate of 

 iron, 3 drams, daily) and the washing out of the womb, as described 

 under the last heading, followed by an astringent antiseptic injection 

 (carbolic acid 2 teaspoonfuls, tannic acid one-half dram, water 1 

 quart) . This may be repeated two or three times a day. 



LAMINITIS, OR FOUNDER, FOLLOWING PARTURITION. 



This sometimes follows' on inflammation of the womb, as it fre- 

 quently does on disorder of the stomach. Its symptoms agree with 

 those of the common form of founder, and treatment need not differ. 



DISEASES OF THE UDDER AND TEATS. 

 CONGESTION AND INFLAMMATION OF THE tTDDEE. 



This is comparatively rare in the mare, though in some cases the 

 udder becomes painfully engorged before parturition, and a doughy 

 swelling, pitting on pressure, extends forward on the lower surface of 

 the abdomen. When this goes on to active inflammation, one or both 

 of the glands become enlarged, hot, tense, and painful; the milk is 

 dried up or replaced by a watery or reddish serous fluid, which at 

 times becomes fetid; the animal walks lame, loses appetite, and shows 

 general disorder and fever. The condition may end in recovery, in 

 abscess, induration, or gangrene, and in some cases may lay the foun- 

 dation for a tumor of the gland. 



Treatment. — The treatment is simple so long as there is only con- 

 gestion. Active rubbing with lard or oil, or, better, camphorated 



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