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one can introduce the large catheter of Bozemann with ease. 
There is nearly always a discharge which, according to the 
case, is prevailingly mucous or purulent and often mixed 
with flakes or little clumps. In many cases the discharge is 
restricted to the cervical canal, which is specially the case 
in cows with nymphomania, so that the canal and the ori- 
ficium are covered with a whitish viscous and greasy secre- 
Fig. 11—Cow from Bondcrup. 
The sinewy band is stretched with the finger. 
tion. The whole canal can be filled with a thick and very 
tough discharge which protrudes from the orificium like a 
prop; in one case I found the whole uterus filled with it. 
If the secretion is chiefly mucous it is formed in the cer- 
vix; the more purulent secretion, which also contains pus- 
flakes, is a product of the uterus. 
The inflamed mucosa bleeds very easily. 
In the cervical canal sometimes cysts are found which 
obstruct the lumen. 
