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prise was great when, on again exploring the parts, I found 
that I could hardly introduce my finger into the os uteri, 
though the patient still continually strained. I recollected, 
however, that M. Tyvaert, in his report on the mode of 
treatment, had stated that he had sometimes been obliged to 
recast the animal, which he had allowed to get up, in order that 
better assistance might be afforded in the delivery, and that 
to his great surprise he had found the uterus had assumed a 
similar torsion to that of the vagina. 
About ten a.m,, before leaving, I again explored the vagina, 
and found that although the torsion was not reproduced, 
the os uteri was not any more dilated. At my visit at 
night I was informed that the straining had been much less. 
The next day the animal fed with a good appetite, and rumi- 
nated as usual; the expulsive efforts took place only at long- 
intervals. I contented myself by ordering a suitable diet, 
and left orders to be sent for if anything extraordinary oc- 
curred, and above all not to introduce the hand into the vagina, 
until the waters had come away, w hich is too much the practice 
of. cow T men. I saw the patient from day today until the 
1st of May, without anything remarkable occurring. On the 
2nd of May the proprietor said that he believed the calf was 
dead, which w r as corroborated by a Flemish farmer. Not- 
withstanding, by exploring the right flank I detected a living 
foetus. An exploration by the vulva also showed that there 
was no longer any torsion, still the opening of the os uteri 
remained the same as on the first day. As the animal fed 
well, the treatment was continued. On the 3rd of May, 
on my arrival I was informed that the cow had calved 
during the night without difficulty, and that the foetal mem- 
branes had come away nearly at the same time. The lacteal 
secretion had commenced, and the state of the patient was 
satisfactory. On the 6th of May the patient w r as discharged 
and put on her usual diet. 
The second case occurred on May 28th. I was sent for 
about eight a.m. by a farmer. The messenger was the per- 
son who generally attended to the calving of the cows. He 
informed me that he had several times introduced his hand 
into the passage, but that he had found it closed by an object 
like a twfist. 
The cow w r as of native breed, five years old, of large size, 
and gone in calf nine months and fifteen days. There 
had been prolapsus of the vagina, dating from the fourth 
month of gestation, which had, however, disappeared sud- 
denly at the sixth month. The vulva and anus of this cow 
had retracted within the pelvic cavity to a considerable ex- 
