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thing can now be injected. Apply the decoction of oak bark 
externally, and also the effect of strychnine on the sphincters, and, 
possibly, on the muscular substance of the vagina. Give her 
half a grain morning and night. 
The young one gets a little stronger, but cannot stand to suck, 
nor would she let it suck if it could. The purging is diminished. 
\^th ,—The strychnine is seemingly doing wonders. The mus¬ 
cles of the vagina and the labia are acting, and the tumour is 
considerably diminished. Continue treatment. 
The young one is doing better; the purging is stopped, and 
we shall save her. 
V7th .—The dromedary and her young one are going on satis¬ 
factorily. 
\%th .—The protrusion, although slowly, is progressively re¬ 
ceding, and we have but little or any ulceration. Continue 
treatment. 
The young one now sucks for herself, but still has a certain 
portion of cow’s milk. 
20th .—The protrusion is still receding, but it has, since the 
last report, become considerably reddened, and ulceration again 
threatens. Continue the oak bark lotion, and give a grain of 
the strychnine morning and night. 
The young one improves, and, while it continues so to do, no 
further mention will be made of it. 
2\st .—Very little change. 
2^d .—The retraction of the protruded part, I fear, has ceased. 
The redness is somewhat diminished. The mucous surface is 
becoming dry, with small scales of exfoliation. Continue treat¬ 
ment. 
2%th .—The retraction of the tumour has completely ceased ; 
the surface of it has been softened by the application of olive 
oil; but the colour is deepening, and I fear the approach of 
sloughing. Our cold applications and our strychnine have been 
tried long enough; there is no managing her while she stands, 
and she must at all hazards be cast. We mustered all our 
strength, and we managed to cast her much better than 1 ex¬ 
pected. I introduced my bare and oiled arm into the vagina, 
gently pushing the parts before it. This appeared to give her very 
considerable pain. I was assured that it was nothing but simple 
vaginal relaxation and protrusion; and when my arm was in¬ 
serted above the elbow, I could feel the bifurcation of the uterus. 
I kept my arm in ten minutes, in order to ascertain whether there 
would be any contraction upon it, or effort to expel it. There 
was nothing of the kind. I then had plenty of cold water dashed 
upon the labia, my arm continuing in the vagina. She shrunk 
