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Diseases of the Genital Organs 



ly simple both during the existence of the abscess and, when 

 rupturing into the rectum, after healing has occurred. When 

 pelvic adhesions become general, the rupture of an abscess 

 into the rectum may still be accurately diagnosed, but owing 

 to the indistinctness of the adherent mass, physical exami- 

 nation can not determine whether the abscess was uterine or 

 parametritic. But in either case the breeding life of the 

 patient is closed so that accurate diagnosis is not imperative. 



Fig. 187 — Abscessation of Uterus with Pelvic Adhesions. 



Lettering includes that for 187a. 



/, Cervix; 2, 2, 2, uterine and cornual abscesses; j, walls of urinary 



bladder ; 4, adhesion of uterine horn to bladder ; 5, adherent rectum 



into which uterine abscess has ruptured ; d, encapsuled ovary with 



cystic corpus luteum ; 7, thin girdle of lutein tissue. 



There is no handling to advise for the restoration of the 

 breeding powers. There remains only the salvaging of the 

 animal for beef or possibly for a brief dairying period. 

 Even then there is little of value to do beyond directing good 

 general care and, where possible, advancing recovery by the 

 opening of the abscess instead of awaiting its spontaneous 

 rupture. I have opened the abscess when mature by thrust- 

 ing a finger through the rectal floor into the abscess cavity. 



