OPHTHALMIA TREATED WITH COLCHICUM. 
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PROTRUSION OF THE WOMB IN SOWS. 
To the Editor of “ The Veterinarian .” 
Sir,—H aving had several cases of inverted uterus in the sow, 
which, to me, appear to have terminated in an extraordinary man¬ 
ner, I shall feel obliged to you by inserting the following case in 
your next Number, in hopes that it will induce some of my pro¬ 
fessional brethren to enlighten me upon the subject, making no 
doubt that any remarks which may be made upon the case will 
be equally acceptable to many of the readers of your valuable 
Journal. 
I was called to attend upon a sow that had just given birth to 
seven little ones, and immediately afterwards had expelled the 
uterus. She was in high condition, evidently in great pain, her 
throes coming on every half minute, and the whole of the womb 
protruding. I proceeded, in the manner I have done in several 
previous cases of the kind, to wash and cleanse the parts; then to 
apply a weak solution of the ext. of belladonna and tinct. opii; and 
afterwards, by manipulation, to return the parts into their natural 
position. In every case before this I had quite succeeded in get¬ 
ting all within the vagina, an operation which occupied but a few 
minutes; but I have found my patients have invariably died. 
Mr. Youatt, in his work “ On the Pig” (page 117), touches 
slightly upon this subject; but, to say the least of it, his remarks 
are valueless. 
I remain, Sir, 
Your’s respectfully, 
Caustic. 
PERIODIC OPHTHALMIA TREATED WITH 
COLCHICUM. 
By Mr. Geo. Murray, Swansea. 
To the Editor of " The Veterinarian .” 
Sir,—I HAVE taken the liberty of forwarding you the following 
case of constitutional ophthalmia treated by me, and to all ap¬ 
pearance successfully, with powdered colchicum. I was induced 
to try it from the remarks made on it by Dr. Lemann in vol. i of 
“ The Veterinary Record and I am pretty confident, from what 
I have seen of it myself, that his statement is not exaggerated. If 
you think the case worth inserting in The Veterinarian, it is at 
your service. 
History, fyc. — Jan. 1 \th, 1849, Thos. Dodds, Esq., of Abeigel- 
ley, near Swansea, sent to me for treatment a dark brown cart- 
