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Having administered this drench, procure a soft sponge and 

 foment the part — if it be much inflamed and painful — with a 

 tepid infusion of hops ; if the inversion be of recent origin and 

 not much congested, cold water may be used instead. After a 

 while pressure and manipulation may accomplish the reduction ; 

 yet it is apt to re-appear and continue to do so until the animal 

 has got rid of her burden. The reduction, however, must be 

 effected if possible, every time the protrusion makes its ap- 

 pearance, or the cow will suffer from retention of urine. 



It is very evident to me that very many cases of inversion 

 of the vagina are caused by indigestion ; therefore great care 

 should be exercised in feeding cows during the last months of 

 pregnancy. 



LACERATION OF THE VAGINA. 



This is an accident of very frequent occurrence among cows 

 yet seldom proves fatal, it often occurs from the rough manner 

 sometimes practised, of bringing the feet forward, therefore 

 great care is necessary in conducting an artificial labor to a 

 successful termination. The following case of extensive 

 laceration of the vagina of a cow, goes to show the potency of 

 nature in the cure of disease and injuries : — 



" Mr. J. W. Maw, veterinary student, has sent us the fol- 

 lowing particulars relating to a case of wilful laceration of the 

 vagina, and contiguous parts of a cow : — 



" Mr. Crosby, who is in practice at Thornton Pickering, 

 Yorkshire, as a veterinary surgeon, was called a short time ago 

 to attend a milch cow which presented symptoms of colic. On 

 his visiting her, he observed a piece of stick about three inches 

 long protruding from the vagina, and on removing it he found 

 ihat it was about a yard in length, and had been thurst through 

 the vagina and likewise the rectum into the abdomen. 



" Previous to its removal the cow did not evince such 

 symptoms as one would have been led to expect in an animal 

 suffering from such a severe injury. There was but little exter- 

 nal hemorrhage, the symptoms upon the whole rather indicating 



