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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE WOMB. 
A loss of appetite, accompanied by a rapid pulse, a lan¬ 
guid action, and loss of milk are the ordinary symptoms of 
this complaint. As the disease progresses, inflammation of 
the bladder, with a foetid discharge from the vagina takes 
place, accompanied by a constant endeavour to void urine, 
which comes off in small quantities at a time. Sometimes 
a complete retention of the urine takes place, which can 
only be relieved by the introduction of the catheter. The 
cow frequently becomes so weak as hardly to he able to 
stand, and moves about with much difficulty. 
Causes. —This complaint often has its origin in keeping 
the cow on two full and rich a diet during the latter period 
of gestation ; or from great violence being used in an 
operator assisting her to calve. 
Cure. —When retention of urine takes place, the catheter 
must be used as above mentioned. And when the neck or 
sphincter of the bladder is inflamed, bleeding must first be 
had recourse to, and afterwards the following laxative drink 
must be given :— 
Castor-oil ... 8 ounces, 
Epsom salts . . 6 ounces, 
Lintseed-meal . . 4 ounces; 
the whole to be dissolved in half-a-gallon of thin, warm 
gruel. Clysters of warm gruel and oil will be found bene¬ 
ficial, and then give the following anodyne :— 
Camphor 2 drachms, 
Laudanum . . . ^ ounce, 
Spirit of nitrous aether . 1 ounce, 
Lintseed-meal . 2 ounces, 
dissolved in a quart of gruel. If the animal does not ex¬ 
hibit symptoms of relief in ten or twelve hours, the same 
