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radial folds of the cervix are also swollen, but of normal 
color; in the midst of these folds the mucosa of the canal is 
seen as a dark red, egg-sized tumor. So far as one could see 
the mucosa of the canal was of this color and swollen. 
I have met with this condition quite often; the cases are, 
however, not so pronounced as they are seen in the illustra- 
tions. The portio vaginalis is generally of normal color, but 
in the middle of it is to be seen the swollen mucosa of the 
canal, which contrasts by its dark red color from the pink 
Fig. 5—Cow from Almindingen. 
color of the vaginal mucosa. The tumor of the mucosa 
generally obstructs the lumen of the cervical canal. 
In other cases the radial folds of the cervix are ob- 
literated, and the portio vaginalis consists of an irregular 
mass of tissue with a secernating and injected surface which 
bleeds on the slightest provocation. 
Fig. 7 is a case of this kind. The cow had delivered a 
calf of January 25, 1907, and was in heat on March 9 and on 
April 5. On April 16 the uterus was normal, the orificium 
increased in size, hyperemic and secernating. The radial 
