ACCIDENTS FOLLOWING PARTURITION. III 
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 Vesa.) 
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 
