INVERSION OF THE BLADDER HERNIA. 135 



INVERSION OF THE BLADDER. 



A sow littered in the morning and brought forth ten pigs without 

 any apparent difficulty, and immediately afterwards something re- 

 sembling the bladder, and which appeared to be about half full, 

 came out. The owner seeing that it did not come away, became 

 alarmed and sent for the pig-butcher, who said it was the womb, and 

 that it must be put back, which he accordingly endeavored to do, 

 and having passed two or three stitches of small twine across the 

 labia to retain the parts, left the animal. Mr. Neale, V. S., of Bur- 

 bage, happening to hear of the occurrence, called to see the sow. 

 He found the vagina considerably protruded, or at least that there 

 was a protrusion of the size of a man's fist, and in a sloughing state, 

 there. She appeared, however, in good condition, got up without 

 apparent pain or difficulty, and was suckling her young well. The 

 urine was flowing drop by drop. As the owner declined having 

 any thing done to her, Mr. Neale ordered the parts to be bathed 

 with a decoction of bark. Four months afterwards she was killed 

 for bacon, and weighed 160 Ibs. Upon opening her the uterus was 

 found to be perfectly healthy, the vagina as clean as possible, and 

 the tumor reduced by sloughing to the size of a lemon ; the bladder 

 was completely gone. The kidneys were full of white purulent 

 matter of about the consistence of cream. The uterus led directly 

 from the kidneys to the protruded part, at the inside of which, and 

 just below the anus, was a formation of matter about the size of a 

 hen's egg. There was not the slightest trace of inflammation, in 

 any of the surrounding parts. 



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PROTRUSION OF THE RECTUM. 



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This is an evil of not unfrequent occurrence in swine, arising 

 chiefly from obstruction of the intestines. Where the cause is 

 simply obstruction, an operation will remedy it; but as the obstruc- 

 tion is too frequently attended with rupture of some of the inteSr 

 tines, it will perhaps be as well to have the animal slaughtered at 

 once, especially if it is in tolerably good condition. 



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HERNIA. 



There is little doubt but that umbilical and congenital hernia 

 are of frequent occurrence among swine ; but as yet the attention 

 devoted to the diseases of these animals has been so slight thai 

 we dare not venture positively to assert the fact. 



