112 VETERINARY OBSTETRICS. 



a case, the bladder will be found to contain urine, 

 which, however, could not occur in a complete eversion 

 df the organ. 



If it is found difficult and impracticable to intro- 

 duce a catheter, the bladder may be carefully punctured 

 with a small trocar and canula, the urine drawn off, and 

 the organ replaced. The laceration in the vaginal 

 floor should be sutured ; this complication, however, is 

 very serious, although not always fatal. As the con- 

 dition may recur at a subsequent parturition, the 

 patient — if a Cow — should be prepared for the butcher. 



Amputation of the bladder may be performed, but 

 there will be a continuous flow of urine ever after. 



Sometimes the walls of the uterus get ruptured ; 

 also the bladder, intestines, diaphragm, or tissues of. 

 the perineal region ; — all of which are very serious, and 

 nearly always fatal, and the treatment must be accord- 

 ing to the symptoms presented by the animal. 



