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manually removed, yet the poor beast survived the accident 
three days, and then the owner consented to have her put down. 
Lately I was called to a heifer, which, eleven days after 
having had the bull, manifested an unusual degree of uneasiness, 
emissions of small quantities of blood being noticed immediately 
after intercourse. The uneasiness gradually increased, and I 
found her almost constantly lying, and straining violently. The 
appetite was gone ; the extremities cold ; the pulse frequent, 
quick, and small. The hand passed up the rectum with some 
difficulty, in consequence of the distention of the vagina. The 
uterus felt a little swollen. The bladder was empty. I then 
introduced my hand through the vulva, and found the passage 
just beyond the meatus urinarius quite impervious. A small 
cicatrice was felt, but, from the tightness of the parts, I could 
not examine it with the desired accuracy. 
A breach was made into the sac with a seton needle, when its 
contents were found to be blood in a very corrupt state : it was 
cleared out by injections of warm water. An antiseptic in- 
jection was afterwards used, with counter-irritants and other 
remedies for peritonitis. The straining ceased soon after dress- 
ing, but the animal died within two days. Distance prevented 
me making an examination of the body. 
Here an interesting question presents itself — Did imperfora- 
tion of ihe vagina originally exist ? A breach was made by the 
bull; haemorrhage ensued; a considerable portion of the effused 
blood ‘was retained; and, since that retention could not have 
occurred in the vagina when that part was in a normal condition, 
we must account for it by supposing that the haemorrhage con- 
tinued after the sides of the passage had been united by inflam- 
mation ; or that its parietes had been punctured, and the blood 
poured out into the cellular tissue, between it and the rectum; 
or that malformation previously existed. The evidence pre- 
sented by the form and situation of the tumor, and the condition 
of the adjacent parts, with the time which had elapsed between 
the accident and examination, incline me to put the case down 
as an example of imperforate vagina. A case under that title 
was ably given in your Journal, and in it, I suspect, the same 
exciting cause had been in operation. 
In conclusion, it may be repeated, that these lesions may occur 
in different situations, and be followed by haemorrhage, imme- 
diate or remote ; the first occurring from the laceration of a blood- 
vessel, the latter from its destruction by ulceration or gangrene ; 
through inflammation either local or extending to the peritoneum ; 
by abscess ; by ulceration ; or by gangrene. It is obvious that 
the treatment must be adapted to the particular nature of the 
case. Haemorrhage must be combatted by styptics, general and 
