112 VIELERINARY OBSTETRICS. 
a case, the bladder will be found to contain urine, 
which, however, could not occur in a complete cversion 
of 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. Phe Jaceration 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 thé uterus get ruptured ; 
also the bladder, intestines, diaphragm, or tissucs 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. 
