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my establishment in statu quo. The womb was again returned* 
and two small plates, from three to four inches long, with two holes 
in each, and two pins introduced through the lips of the pudendi, 
which were returned and secured on the plates, prevented any 
return of the complaint. Put to grass two months after. Sold 
in good condition, with the plates on : no discharge of matter or 
flooding. 
Case 5. — VET., voi. i, p. 378, by M. Saussol. Inverted, and rent 
a foot in length half an hour after calving : the reduction accom- 
plished in less than ten minutes : no mention of hemorrhage. In 
eight days the animal was well. 
Case 6. — VET.,vol. vi,p. 619. Inversion of the Uterus and Vagina, 
by M. Prettot. This labour was difficult and protracted : three 
hours after the accident the womb was completely inverted and 
protruded, hanging down as low as the hocks. It was displaced 
and replaced three times : a few of the uterine cotyledons were tom 
off, which produced a little hemorrhage. On the third protrusion, 
several scarifications were made along the mucous membrane of 
the inverted viscus. A great quantity of bloody serosity flowed. 
In twenty days cured. 
Case 7. — Vet., vol. xiii, p. 395. Inversion and Rupture of the 
Uterus, with Protrusion of the Small Intestines, by Mr. H. Hig- 
gison, Auldem. The accident took place five hours after calv- 
ing : she had lost several quarts of blood when the placenta was 
detached; violent straining : spontaneous. In nine days cured. 
Case 8. — Vet., vol. xv, p. 233. Complete Inversion and 
Rupture in the effort to reduce it, by M. Eleout, Morlaix. No 
flooding. Cured. 
Case 9. — Vet., vol. xiii, p. 474. Inversion, by Mr. Copeman, 
Halesworth. Reduced; no flooding; spontaneous. Cured. 
Case 10. — Vet., vol. xv, p. 596. Inversion, by M. Lecoq. 
Cured. 
EWES. 
This accident is by no means an uncommon occurrence. I have 
had several cases. No great difficulty, in general, is encountered in 
reducing the uterus to its proper place, and retaining it by sutures 
passed through the external orifice of the vagina. No flooding. 
All cured. 
SOWS. 
All my cases have proved fatal, having been unsuccessful in re- 
turning the matrix : little haemorrhage. 
