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one ounce each of sulphuric ether and of lauda- 

 num, blended with a pint of cold water, and followed 

 by a wholesome meal of bruised and scalded oats 

 and beans with a pailful of smooth, well-made 

 gruel. 



The probability of ultimate success, however, must 

 in a great measure depend on the practitioner being 

 called in early and setting to work immediately. 



INVERSION OF THE BLADDER. 



In some rare cases the pains have been so strong 

 as to cause protrusion of the bladder ; a circumstance 

 that might be deemed almost impossible. The in- 

 verted bladder has been mistaken either for the uterus 

 itself, or for a polypus in the vagina. The hand 

 passed into the passage will soon distinguish it from 

 the first by finding its connexions; and, as the 

 bladder is generally inverted before parturition 

 is accomplished, that fact alone ought to prevent 

 its being confounded with the womb. A polypus 

 is of a shining vascular appearance; its contents 

 quite fill the interior, rendering the substance bulky, 

 and its covering tense. The difference is there- 

 fore great; for the bladder when inverted is cha- 

 racterized by many peculiarities. If traced into the 

 vagina, it will be found attached to the bottom of, 

 and only a little way up, the passage. Its inner 

 "membrane is also shown when the viscus is turned 

 inside out or inverted; this is of a mucous nature, 

 soft and flocculent, or villous. On observation 

 the urine will be seen to drop from its surface; 



