360 ON FLOODING AND I N VERSION OF THE UTERUS. 
The following table shews the general result : — 
Animals. 
Complete 
Inversion of 
the Womb. 
Chronic 
Inversion. 
| Spontaneous. 
Interference 
of Attendants 
or not. 
| Flooding 
1 or not. 
Cured. 
Dead. 
If inverted 
for some 
time, is there 
great diffi- 
culty in re- 
turning it? 
Is there great diffi- 
culty in keeping 
the Womb up, when 
returned, from the 
bearing-down efforts 
of the Animal ? 
Mares 
Cows 
Ewes 
Sows 
3 
10 
In g. 
All f 
1 
5 
ener 
atal. 
3(1 hurt) 
10(5hurt) 
al cured. 
3(lfl.) 
.10(3 fl.) 
j. 
1 Great 
(difficulty. 
Great difficulty ; 
but by opiates and 
surgical operations, 
aided by mecha- 
nical means, it may 
generally be ac- 
complished. 
ON FLOODING AND INVERSION OF THE UTERUS. 
By Mr. TOMBS, V.S., Per shore. 
Dear Sir, — Taking a lively interest, and having many friends 
in the medical profession, T, as a member of the veterinary profes- 
sion, most willingly transmit to Mr. Barker and yourselves my 
opinion respecting inversion of the uterus in cattle and sheep, 
accompanied with a case exemplifying my views of the same. 
Reply to Mr. B.’s first query : — Occasionally the uterus of cows 
and sheep becomes inverted from violent heavings after expulsion 
of the foetus ; generally in a very short time after, spontaneously, 
and without the interference of attendants, in the cases brought 
under my observation, the animals brought forth their offspring 
without manual assistance, with the exception of one case, which 
was a mare that had the foetus injudiciously extracted, the head 
and one foot only being outside the vagina when it was forcibly 
pulled away, and then some time elapsed before the uterus was 
expelled. Cows and sheep more frequently invert the womb after 
parturition than mares. I believe inversion of the womb seldom 
or never occurs after abortion. 
Second. I never heard nor knew of inversion of the womb ac- 
companied with flooding in the lower animals. 
Third. Invariably in inversion after parturition there is great 
difficulty in returning the womb ( see case ). Sometimes hemorrhage 
takes place from rupture of the uterine arteries and veins, but not. 
