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stages, I am sure are harmful. Every three hours I ordered 
a uterine injection of one pint each of warm water and 
milk, and thirty minims of carbolic acid. This would remain 
but a short time when it would be thrown off, and with it 
great qualities of the foetid secretions. With this treatment, 
after a few days the general conditions improved, appetite 
gradually returned and the case made a nice recovery. 
Some uterine discharges remained for a time, and an injection 
containing Lloyd’s hydrastis was used, and finally a complete 
recovery was the result. Six months later the mare was 
brought to my hospital and reported as showing symptoms 
of uterine trouble, but on examination I found a cystic calculus 
as large as a hen egg, and since its removal I have heard of 
no trouble. 
Another case, in a standard breed three-year-old filly had 
her foal naturally, but a small portion of the placental mem¬ 
brane remained in the womb. The symptoms and treatment 
used were similar to the other, except that the bowels were 
constipated and gave much uneasiness; this was overcome 
by the use of raw oil, and the colicy pains controlled by the 
following : 
Tr. opii., § ii, 
Bis. Sub. Nit., 3 iv, 
Acid Carbol. Minims, ix, 
Aqua ad. q.s., 3 viii, 
M. Sig.; 4 doses. 
Mix each dose in one-half pint of water and give as a drench 
every three or four hours. 
I find that many cases suffer much from indigestion and 
colicy pains,'and the above prescription acts very nicely. 
This case made a nice recovery. 
Occasionally the veterinarian bumps up against something 
that was “loaded" and such was my experience with a case of 
Difficult Parturition, Inversion of Uterus, Metritis, 
Laminitis and Septic Poisoning. 
On my first visit I found a three-year-old grade draft 
mare that had been in labor about six hours ; on examination 
