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side was a rent with smooth walls, which was 3% inches long 
and reached to within about one inch of the os uteri in- 
ternum. The cervical canal was wide open, and only a little 
narrower on its inner end. There was an abundant purulent 
discharge, and the uterine wall was involved. During the 
summer of 1907 cystic degeneration of the ovaries set in, and 
the cow did not become pregnant. 
Fig. 8—Cow from Myregaard. 
Sometimes bands of connective tissue are met with; they 
may cover the entire portio, and grow from the sides. Their 
size varies; the smaller ones, from the size of a leadpencil to 
the size of a finger, most likely do not interfere with fecunda- 
tion nor with delivery. 
Fig. 10 shows a remarkable abnormality of that kind. 
The cow had a calf in the winter and was examined in May 
of the following year. She had cystic degeneration of the 
