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and, when handling it, it will feel like a wet and 

 empty bag". 



All ingenuity must be exerted to return it as 

 speedily as possible. The mode of proceeding is 

 similar to the replacement of the womb. Cold water, 

 to every quart of which an ounce of the tincture of 

 galls has been added, may be injected until the 

 returned bladder has contracted. But, if it is again 

 and again rejected, the delivery should be proceeded 

 with; after which the efforts maybe renewed; and 

 whenever it is replaced, cold water should be freely 

 pumped into it, allowing the stream to flow back 

 until excitation of the muscular portion of the organ 

 has been produced. 



If, however, the bladder cannot be replaced ; the 

 mare will ever after be subject to incontinence of 

 urine ; which will dribble constantly down the thighs, 

 and render the animal an offensive spectacle. The 

 bladder in these cases has sometimes been cut off. 

 Part of the unsightliness has thus been got rid of; 

 but the urine still drained continuously down the legs. 

 Whenever this operation is resorted to, a ligature 

 should be employed ; care being taken that it does 

 not enclose the ureters ; but perhaps it would be more 

 humane to have the animal destroyed. 



POLYPUS IN THE VAGINA. 



This also is not of frequent occurrence ; but it has 

 been found, and of immense size. Its removal must 

 be attempted by a ligature ; attached as nearly to the 

 root of the pedicle as possible. This ligature should 

 be tightened daily ; and in the course of three or four 



