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THE VETERINARY SCIENCE 
Mix in a quart of water and give as a drench. After this 
give one ounce or four tablespoonfuls of laudanum and 
ten drops of aconite in a pint of water every three hours 
until she stops straining. Keep her standing on her feet for 
a few hours, with her hind quarters raised three or four 
inches higher than her front. In two or three days after the 
pains have ceased take the stitches out and allow her to stand 
on the level floor again. 
If a mare, give one pint of raw linseed oil instead of the 
Epsom salts, but otherwise the treatment is the same. 
In either case remove the stitches in two or three days, 
when the animal quits straining and seems all right. 
10. Retention of the Cleaning and How to Take It Away. 
Causes. — This is due to a congested and swollen condi- 
tion of the buttons inside the womb to which the cleaning is 
attached. This is usually the result of allowing a cow to 
cool off too quickly after calving. In order to prevent this 
occurring blanket her and- give a warm drink as soon as pos- 
ible after delivery. 
Treatment. — As soon as the cow is noticed not to clean, 
give 
Epsom Salts 1 pound. 
Fluid Extract of Belladonna 1 dram or 1 teaspoonful. 
Sweet Spirits of Nitre 1 ounce or 4 dessertspoonfuls. 
Mix in a quart of lukewarm water and give as a drench. 
Blanket well and keep half a pail of hot salt in a bag to her 
back. Give a hot bran mash, leave her quiet, and when the 
medicine operates she generally cleans all right. In thirty 
hours after giving the medicine, if she has not cleaned, it is 
necessary to take it away with the hand. 
Roll up the sleeves and oil the right hand and arm. Take 
hold of the piece of cleaning that is outside with the left hand 
and pass the right hand into the womb. By gently pulling 
the cleaning it comes away quite easily after getting the med- 
icine, it being held in only by the contraction of the neck of 
the womb. 
In cases where the cleaning has not loosened from the 
buttons, gradually pull with the left hand and loosen the 
cleaning from the buttons with the right until it is all worked 
ofif. A little practice in removing cleanings soon makes per- 
fect. 
When the cleaning is green and too tight on the buttons 
allow it to remain another day and give another drench of 
