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little attention is devoted to those of neat cattle : and even in both 
classes of animals, the various facts which have recently been 
established in regard to the strange phenomena connected with the 
regeneration and reproduction of species have not been much taken 
advantage of, and still less have the morbid state of the organs 
been attended to, though opportunities for doing so are by no means 
seldom, and where the circumstances are usually most opportune. 
The following case has been recently placed under my notice, 
and I have taken much care in the investigation of its morbid 
state. I deem it a case much in point to the observations above 
made, and one of much interest to the stock-breeder generally, and 
to the veterinarian in particular ; and I feel assured that the atten- 
tion of the educated veterinarian only requires to be directed to 
the subject, to place our knowledge of such diseases on a more 
proper footing. The morbid conditions and diseases of the repro- 
ductive organs, from the powerful influence exerted by them on the 
animal economy generally, demand as much special attention as 
those of any other class of organs ; and as their means of diagnosis 
are simple and easy of application, so must their treatment be 
accordingly safe and successful. To such as would consult the 
best and most scientific works treating of such affections in the 
human female, I should fully recommend the careful study of the 
following : — Churchill on the Diseases of the Female (in the im- 
pregnated state) ; Lever on the Diseases of the Uterus ; and Ben- 
net on Inflammation, Induration, and Ulceration of the Neck of the 
Uterus. 
A two-year-old quey of the Ayrshire breed, selected, most judi- 
ciously, for her general conformation and good points, was reared, 
and stinted to a prize Ayrshire bull, in the middle of April 1845 ; 
and in due time, in January 1846, dropped a very fine bull-calf, 
of uncommon promise. Nothing beyond the usual appearances 
was observed by the cattle-man during the period of utero-gestation, 
and she had only been once served by the bull, which, from the 
symptoms exhibited, was deemed sufficient. During her recent 
calving there was slight misplacement in the presentation of the 
calf ; the high fore-extremity being knuckled back upon the trunk, 
thus giving rise to protraction of labour and to manual interference. 
The delivery of the calf was, however, apparently safely effected, 
though some force was required in correcting its position ; and, 
with the exception of not cleansing early, the cow, on the whole, 
recovered well. There persisted, however, a considerable muco- 
purulent discharge from the vagina, accompanied with acceleration 
of pulse, and general symptoms of febrile excitement ; but, being put 
on a soft and mild mash diet, and having had exhibited two saline 
