ACCIDENTS FOLLOWING PARTURITION. 1 1 1 



depends on conditions. Febrifuges are generally 

 always necessary. 



Inversion of the Vagina. 



This condition may accompany the last, or may 

 occur alone. When alone, the everted mass is much 

 smaller, and may only be seen when the animal is 

 lying down. The color varies with the time the part 

 has been exposed. The maternal cotyledons are 

 absent, the inferior portion shows a groove leading to 

 the meatus urinarius, and on the free extremity is 

 found an opening corresponding to the os. If the 

 hand be passed along the lateral aspects of the mass, 

 the membrane is found to be continuous with the lips 

 of the vulva, which will serve to distinguish this con- 

 dition from inversion of the womb. 



Treatment. — This is similar to that prescribed in 

 the previous case. If the sub-mucous tissue has been 

 torn from its connections, or otherwise injured, it often 

 leaves the parts in an irritable condition, and it will- 

 be necessary to apply a truss, styptics, or other means, 

 to prevent a second prolapse. 



Inversion of the Bladder. 



(Prolapsus Vesiccs.) 



This condition is of somewhat rare occurrence, and 

 is met with more frequently perhaps in the Cow than 

 in the Mare. The protrusion of the bladder through 

 a laceration in the floor of the vagina, sustained in 

 the act of parturition, and its subsequent protrusion 

 through the vulva, is occasionally met with. In such 



