TRAUMATIC LESIOys OF THE <;HMTAL OllUAXS, ETC. O'Jl 



\'III. — Rupture of thk Audominal Muscles, 



At page 293, when treating of " Hernia of the Uterus " during preg- 

 nancy, it was explained under what conditions, and tlie manner in whicli 

 rupture of the abdominal muscles occurs. The accident can scarcely be 

 designated as one consecutive to parturition ; but its treatment may 

 nevertheless engage the attention of the veterinary surgeon, after the 

 uterus has been emptied of its contents. In the same section allusion 

 was made to the appropriate measures. 



IX. — Rupture ok the Sacro-sciatic Ligament. 



We can only find one case of this accident on record ; so that it must 

 be extremely rare. It is given by Naylor,' and the subject was a three- 

 year-old cart Mare, which had a malprcsentation. The animal was 

 down, and the fore-feet of the foetus protruded beyond the vulva, but the 

 head was not visible, it being bent back to the side of the chest ; the 

 young creature was dead. Embryotomy was resorted to, and one limb 

 was about to be removed, when the uterus suddenly contracted with 

 great violence, and half expelled the foal ; traction then removed it. 

 " All attempts to get the tilly up were ineffectual, and an examination 

 showed that a rupture of the sacro-sciatic Ugament on the right side, 

 with other lesions, had taken place." Stimulants and laxatives were 

 administered, and a mustard plaster applied to the loins. "In two days 

 she was on her legs, and tottering about the yard. Sufllice it to say that 

 she ultimately recovered, and though for two years the off-quarter was 

 less in size than the other, she ultimately got quite well, and had two 

 or three Foals.'' 



X. — Rupture of the Heart. 



This is also an extremely rare occurrence, and I can only find one 

 case — that of a young Cow which had been straining violently for some 

 hours, and suddenly fell down and, gasping, died. .\t the necropsy a 

 transverse rupture, two centimetres long, was discovered in the right 

 ventricle of the heart.- 



' Veterinarian, vol. xxxiii., p. 321. 



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