Parturient Fever in Ewes. 
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Carbonate of soda 2 ounces. 
Water 1 pint. 
Mix and give two wine-glasses full at the same time the 
former mixture is given. Let both mixtures be kept in separate 
bottles, and well shaken before given. The bowels being ope- 
rated upon, omit both former prescriptions and give the follow- 
ing : — 
Nitre h ounce. 
Carbonate of soda i ounce. 
Camphor i drachm. 
Water viii ounces. 
A wine-glass full to be given twice a day. 
Feed the ewe principally upon gruel and milk, or linseed 
porridge. Parturition having taken place, the uterus should be 
injected with a solution of chloride of lime, in the proportion of 
a drachm to a pint of warm water, and repeated twice a day 
whilst any foetid discharge from the vagina remains. 
Morbid Changes induced in various organs during the progress 
of Parturient Fever. — The necessity of examining the changes 
of structure produced by disease is so generally admitted, that it is 
unnecessary for me to dwell upon it ; the reader, however, may be 
desirous to know what are the morbid conditions of the different 
organs most usually found in this affection by those who have 
had an opportvmity of making such inquiries on a large scale. 
I shall take the parts in the order in which they follow whilst 
making post-mortem examinations, viz., the intestinal tube, liver, 
uterus, lungs, brain, and spinal marrow. 
Intestines. — On opening the body of an ewe in which partu- 
rient fever has existed, and has been the cause of death, a great 
variety of appearances are presented. In some cases a degree of 
redness, varying from clear vermilion to a reddish brown, is 
variously disposed over the coats of the intestines and lining 
membrane of the abdomen (peritoneum) and the cavity of the 
abdomen, invariably containing a great quantity of reddish 
serum (red water). 
The liver mottled, its structure soft, and the bile appearing 
dark and viscid. 
Uterus. — The cavity of the uterus containing much dark- 
coloured putrid matter, emitting a most horrible stench, its 
structure soft, thickened, and almost black. 
Cireulatirig System. — The blood in the heart and large blood- 
vessels frequently found black, would not coagulate, and destitute 
of tenacity. 
Lungs. — The lungs frequently found gorged with a reddish 
serosity and of a deeply red or brown colour, and soft as pulp, 
the cavity of the chest containing much red serum. 
