DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF CATTLE 
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blade, and then taking it off with the leg, then taking out the 
ribs and insides, and so on, with the other parts until enough 
of the calf is cut away to admit of it beirig taken away. 
6. Closure of the Neck of the Womb. 
This is when labor pains begin, but the neck of the womb 
remains contracted or closed, and will not allow the calf to 
come out of the womb. 
Treatment. — Give 
Epsom Salts 1 pound. 
Sweet Spirits of Nitre 1 ounce or 4 dessertspoonfuls. 
Fluid Extract of Belladonna 1 dram or 1 teaspoonful. 
Mix in a quart of lukewarm water and give as a drench. 
Keep the body warm with blankets and half a pail of hot 
salt, in a bag, over the back. On examining the neck of the 
womb with the hand it will be found that only one or two 
fingers can be worked into ii. Take a small piece of sponge 
or cloth and saturate it with fluid extract of belladonna, shove 
it well into the neck of the womb as if it were for a plug. 
Change this two or three times a day to add more of the fluid 
extract of belladonna. Do not use any rough treatment, for 
the belladonna in a day or so will dilate or open the neck of 
the womb enough so that she will calve herself. If this treat- 
ment should fail, take a penknife and nick around the inside 
of the neck of the womb in several places on the upper side, 
then use the belladonna as described above. This will open it. 
7. Rupture of the Womb or the Passage From the Womb. 
This occurs at the time of calving in the same way as it 
does in the mare when foaling. For symptoms and treatment 
see the same subject in Part II. 
IV. — DISEASES FOLLOWING DELIVERY. 
8. Turning Out of the Vagina or Passage Leading From the 
Womb. 
Causes. — With cows as well as with mares this is caused 
by standing in the stall with the hind feet too low before 
calving or foaling. When lying down, on account of being 
so full, the womb presses back against the passage and turns 
it out. It is liable to come out in cows from straining a few 
days after calving, or it may be caused from constipation, in 
either cows or mares where there is much straining in making 
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