330 UTERINE AND VAGINAL LACERATION IN A COW. 
its all right, we shall have a calf directly,” and certainly a 
fine calf was soon produced, but which died in the mean 
time ; and, as a consequence of tearing open the os uteri, 
extensive haemorrhage commenced immediately after, the 
blood, according to the owner’s statement, “ fairly spouting 
out.” When I arrived, I found that the bleeding had con- 
siderably abated, but, from the state of the pulse, it was evi- 
dent that the animal had lost a veiy large amount of the vital 
fluid. The placental membranes had been abstracted along 
with the calf. I immediately proceeded to examine her per 
vaginam, when I found that the os uteri was deeply torn at 
its infero-lateral part, and also the vagina to the extent of 
at least five or six inches : a portion of the vagina had 
been completely torn away. I did not think it advisable to 
treat the wound locally ; I therefore ordered cold applica- 
tions to be applied continuously to the lumbar and sacral 
regions, and directed a table-spoonful of the following mix- 
ture to be given every two hours in three gills of cold w ater : 
I?c Acid. Sulphuric., ; 
Aquse Communis, ^vij. M. 
This mode of treatment was evidently attended with bene- 
ficial results, for there was a complete cessation of the 
haemorrhage in the course of a few hours ; I nevertheless 
ordered the mixture to be administered for tw’elve hours 
longer, the interval between the doses being lengthened to 
four hours. The cold lotions were persisted in for twelve or 
fourteen hours, and then discontinued. 
February 26th. — The pulse, which at the first w 7 as to be 
felt as a mere quivering, is about 140 in the minute, and 
extremely w eak. There is cessation of rumination, w r ith total 
loss of appetite, and the secretion of milk is suspended. 
Let a portion of well-boiled oatmeal gruel be horned down 
every three or four hours. Ordered the following : 
Pulv. Ferri Sulph., ^iij ; 
„ Baccse Lauri, ^ij ; 
„ Pimentse, ^ij ; 
„ Camphorse, ^jss ; 
„ Aloes B. B., ^jss. M. 
and divide into six pow T ders. One to be given every six hours 
in a little gruel. 
27th. — Animal improving; pulse about 100, and possessing 
more tone than yesterday ; she has drank a little water and 
eaten some turnips. Continue medicine as before ordered. 
28th. — She continues to improve; the pulse is about 80; 
