diseases of the digestive organs.

236 DISEASES OF CATTLE.the dashing of cold water on the loins, right flank,and vulva, andthese measures tail, the injection of cold water into the womb througa rubber tube furnished with a funnel. In obstinate cases a, gootsized sponge soaked in tincture of muriate of iron should be introduceinto the womb and firmlysqueezed, so as to bring the iron in contacwith the bleeding surface. This is at once an astringent and a coagvlant for the blood, besides stimulating the womb to contraction. Ithe absence of this agent, astringents (solution of copperas, aluutannic acid, or acetate of lead), may be thrown into the womb, and OIKhalf-dram doses of acetate of lead may be given by the mouth, orounce powdered ergot of rye may be given in gruel. When nothinelse is at hand, an injection of oil of turpentine will sometimes prompt!check the bleeding.EVERSION OF THE WOMB—CASTING THE WITHERS.Like flooding, this is the result of failure of the womb to contraafter calving. If that organ contracts naturally, the afterbirth iexpelled, the internal cavity of the womb is nearly closed, and thmouth of the organ becomes so narrow that the hand can not be force