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10th. There is a slight slough from the false orifice. 
Touched it with a heated knitting needle, and then passed 
a suture through its edges, and closed the opening. Ordered 
the milk to be drawn three or four times a day with the tube 
instead of the hand or calf. 
12th. — I was informed that the suture had given way, and 
that the milk issued out as usual. The owner would not go 
to any more expense about it, so I discontinued my visits. 
If I had had her at my own house I have no doubt but what 
I could have cured it. 
Case 9. — Obstruction at the top of a Cow's Teat or in Udder . — 
June 1st, 1847. A two-year-old heifer of Mr. Bradshaw’s, of 
Highgate, in this town, calved two days ago. No milk can 
be got out of the posterior left quarter. On examining the 
teat, not the least obstruction or thickening can be felt in it, 
or at the lower part of the udder, other than from the ordi- 
nary swelling after calving. I introduced a probe quite up 
to the udder, but no milk came out on withdrawing it. 
Ordered to be well fomented and drawn. 
7th. — A person has bought her, but no milk has yet been 
obtained from this quarter, and only a little watery discharge 
can now be drawn out. Quarter not much enlarged. She 
was again sold, and I lost sight of her. In this case I have 
no doubt but what the milk ducts were closed up by adhesive 
inflammation. 
Case 10. Wart at the end of a Heifer's Teat . — On the 18th 
Oct., 1849, I was called in to attend a two-years old heifer 
that had calved three or four days before, belonging to Mr. 
Isaac Wragg, of the Feathers Inn, in this town, that had an 
obstruction in one of her teats. 
It appears that she had had a wart at the end of the pos- 
terior off teat, and that a veterinary surgeon in this town had 
cut it off prior to calving. At present there is the remains 
of the wart, occupying the very end and centre of the teat 
where the milk comes out, and only the smallest point of a 
probe can be got into it, but no milk can be got out. 
I thought the only plan was to slough it out, for which 
purpose I introduced a small portion of Hyd. Bichlor. for 
three consecutive days, having previously drawn the milk off 
with a sharp pointed teat tube. 
In the course of six or seven days it sloughed off on the 
tube on withdrawing it, and then the milk came pretty freely 
away, and she did well w ithout any further trouble. 
Observations. — We are not unfrequently called in to attend 
cows when there are obstructions in their teats, and on 
handling them we discover small tumours of about the size 
