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which time also the female copulates if opportunity is of- 

 fered. The coincidence of physiologic copulation with a 

 male of the same species and sadism by a psychopathic man 

 may, and undoubtedly does, lead veterinarians to attribute 

 to coitus injuries which are highly improbable or impossible 

 from that act. 



In one instance cited by Guillebeau, recorded by Eggi- 

 mann, five cows and two heifers in one establishment were 

 mutilated in the vagina and rectum, and four of them died. 

 Two aborted putrid fetuses. The seven animals had re- 

 ceived a total of over thirty punctured wounds, one animal 

 alone having fifteen punctures. The wounds were of various 

 depths, about the diameter of a goose quill, and surrounded 

 by necrotic tissue. The wounds penetrated the peritoneal 

 cavity, the uterus, the rectum, and the pelvic connective tis- 

 sues and mutilated the urethra, bladder, and the urethral 

 valve. Extensive and fatal hemorrhages ensued, as well as 

 metritis, vaginitis, peritonitis, etc. The culprit was not dis- 

 covered and no legal action taken. 



Guillebeau records that in 1896, in Obersteg near Bern, in 

 an isolated establishment far back in the mountains, ten 

 cattle and ten goats were injured, mostly fatally. The depre- 

 dations began in January, when the father of the culprit 

 lost two cows, two goats, and later two cattle. In March 

 two cattle and six goats were mutilated, in April three cattle 

 and two goats, and in May one heifer. In June two cattle 

 belonging to neighbors were injured. The monetary loss 

 was $720, one-half of which fell upon the father of the of- 

 fender. The last animal of the group was destroyed ten 

 days after mutilation and an autopsy made. The vagina 

 contained a large volume of red, stinking exudate. Fistulae 

 extended from the vagina forward. Two of these were ten 

 cm. long. One was fifty-five cm. long, involving wounds of 

 the liver, spleen, diaphragm, and lung, and reaching the 

 region of the eighth rib, or about the middle of the chest. 

 The frightful injuries revealed by the autopsy made it 

 clear that the culprit had accomplished his designs with a 



