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sacrum except in the area where the rectum intervenes, and 

 inferiorly with the pubis except for the urinary bladder. 

 The ballooning of the vagina of the mare or the cow is 

 readily induced by intra-vaginal manipulation, by the in- 

 jection into the organ of bland, tepid fluids, or by various 



Fie. 19. Vulva and Vagina of Cow Showing Gartner's 

 Ducts and Bartholin's Glands. 

 /, Meatus urinarius ; 2 y j, cystic areas in the right duct of Gartner ; 4, 

 cervical canal laid open ; C, small cyst in Bartholin's gland. 



other means. When the moist hand is introduced into the 

 organ at the time of estrum, marked inflation generally oc- 

 curs at once. 



e. Gartner's Ducts. The Wolffian ducts of the embryo 

 do not wholly disappear in the female but persist in varying 



