1 io6 Veterinary Obstetrics 



cosa, and increased discharge, until the i8th, when treatment was omitted. 

 On the igth, ifo solution of soda bicarbonate was injected, which caused 

 no straining, but the irritation and increased vaginal discharge continued 

 until April 4th, when she was placed upon daily vaginal irrigations with 

 0.75% bacillol. Since that date there has been gradual improvement, and 

 no further change has been made. 



In No. 2 no irritation appeared until March 20th, and then only slight, 

 but it persisted to some extent, and the irrigations were continued until 

 April 4, when the improvement was slow and unsatisfactory, and the treat- 

 ment changed to 0.75% bacillol. 



A third cow was handled by inserting into the vagina, once daily, a gela- 

 tine capsule containing two drams of powdered iodoform. This treatment 

 was continued from March 7-1 7th, with constantly increasing irritation of 

 the vulvar mucosa and increasing muco-purulent discharge. At this time a 

 change was made to 0.5% carbolic acid, which caused much irritation, and 

 another change to i % soda bicarbonate solution, which was continued until 

 March 30th. A return was then made to 0.5^ carbolic acid, which was 

 continued with little improvement till April 4, when a change was made to 

 o-75^ bacillol, since which time progress has been satisfactory. 



A group of 7 cows, 5 on March 6 and 2 on March 7, were placed upon 

 daily vaginal irrigations of 0.75% bacillol. Each cow improved markedly 

 and satisfactorily from the first. The irrigation caused no straining, the 

 vaginal discharge decreased, the inj ection of the vulvar mucosa receded until, 

 on April 26, they had so far recovered that it was advised to breed them 

 whenever in estrum. The granular elevations were still present, but very 

 inconspicuous, flattened and pale. One of this group had been served by 4 

 different bulls, in all 8 services, and aborted at 8 months on February 2, 1909. 

 At beginning of handling, pyometra was present, and the uterus contained 

 about I gallon of pus. The os uteri was firmly closed. The ovaries could 

 not be grasped per rectum. The uterus was massaged per rectum from be- 

 fore backwards April 4, the uterus was normal. The right ovary contained 

 a yellow body )i inch in diameter, which was pressed out. The left ovary 

 was normal. Between April 26 and May 23, the cows in this group had 

 been bred. Inspection on May 23 showed irritation, apparently as a re- 

 sult of copulation, in but one animal, the cow which had suffered from 

 pyometra. 



On March 5, a group of 5 cows was handled by introducing deeply into 

 the vagina of each a gelatine capsule containing 2 drams of powd. iodoform. 

 This was continued daily until March 17th, or 10 days. The muco-purulent 

 discharge, the irritation, and the prominence of the granules increased, but 

 the patients did not strain. 



On March 17, each animal in the group received an application of oint- 

 ment containing ^'/o each of iodoform and tannin. This caused intense 

 straining, and the experiment was discontinued. 



On March 18, the group was placed upon 0.75% bacillol, since which 

 time the animals have slowly improved, but, after more than 5 weeks under 

 bacillol, did not show such improvement as those which had been placed on 

 bacillol from the first had shown after 3 or 4 weeks of handling. Appar- 



