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the epithelium. It is quite possible that these buds disappear in time since a 

 condition which is interpreted as necrobiosis has been observed in them. 



Case No. 10 



Clinical Condition and Treatment. The cervical secretions were scant, 

 slightly cloud}' and adhesive. The second transverse fold of mucous membrane 

 was hypertrophied and protruding through the external os. No enlargement 

 of the uterus could be detected clinically. One ounce of undiluted Lugol's 

 solution was injected into the uterus and the cervix was swabbed wiih the 

 same preparation. The animal was slaughtered fourteen days and six hours 

 after treatment. 



Macroscopic Examination: The second transverse fold of the cervical 

 mucosa is hypertrophied but the color is normal. Cervical secretions are not 

 abundant but adhesive. At the lower border of the third fold there is a friable 

 adhesion between two of the elementary folds. There are two fetuses appar- 

 ently four or five weeks old, normal in appearance, in the left horn. The color 

 of the uterine mucosa is fairly uniform and normal in appearance. There is 

 an adhesion between the right horn and the anterior border of the bladder. 

 Also about four inches from the anterior end of the right horn there is another 

 adhesion between the right horn and the adjacent structures. These adhesions 

 are of recent origin as they are easily detached. To the right and below the 

 posterior end of the right horn there is a cavity between the folds of the broad 

 ligament two inches by three inches in diameter containing a straw colored 

 fluid and a coagulated fibrino-sanguineous mass. This is evidently a 

 hematoma in the process of absorption. . This cavity extends up to within a 

 few centimeters of the ventral floor of the right horn but there is no evidence 

 of perforation of the mucosa. 



It is remarkable that the twdn fetuses had survived the treatment admin- 

 istered fourteen days previous. The only logical explanation apparent to 

 the writer is that the embryos had not descended into the cavity of the horn 

 at the time of treatment. 



No histological examination was made of this case. 



Case No. 11 



This case differs from the above ten in that she was treated by the author 

 for pyometra with what might be considered from a clinical standpoint fairly 

 satisfactory results. Since she was not a particularly valuable cow and the 

 author was anxious to make a histological examination of the reproductive 

 organs to determine the effects of heroic treatment on the uterine mucosa the 

 owTier kindly consented to slaughter her for beef. 



History : Animal calved, apparently normally, about the first of December 

 1918. On December 24, 1918 the author's attention was called to this case 

 on account of a vaginal discharge. Examination demonstrated considerable 

 pus in uterus, due to Streptococcus pyogenes infection. 



The uterus was douched A\dth warm physiological salt solution and then 

 two ounces of 50 per cent Lugol's solution of iodine was introduced into the 

 uterus. The author did not see the cow again until January 25th, 1919 at 

 which time there was about one pint of thick creamy pus in the uterus. The 

 uterus was douched with a weak solution of coal-tar product and then one 

 ounce of a 50 per cent solution in olive oil of a proprietary preparation consist- 



