130 CASES OF PARTURITION AND TRACHEOTOMY. 
Observations . — I do not think that this large quantity of blood 
came from the kidney, but, I fancy that there must have been 
some disease of the ureter, or, probably, the rupture of an aneurism 
of some vessel connected with it. 
I have seen several other large tumours about these parts in 
young cattle, evidently implicating or originating in the ureters. 
CASES OF PARTURITION AND TRACHEOTOMY. 
By Mr, W. H. Sparrow, F./S 1 ., New Malton . 
On Monday, April 25, 1842, I was requested to attend a 
mare, the property of a farmer, seven miles from this place. 
She had been some hours in labour, and the owner, not succeed- 
ing in extracting the foal, after many fruitless efforts, decided 
upon obtaining professional assistance. ' I found the mare in 
great agony from the rude efforts that had been resorted to, and 
the parts were much swollen. She had ceased her labour throes. 
From the swollen state of the parts, it was with much difficulty 
that I could ascertain the state of the foetus : at length, I found the 
fore legs presented, and one of the hind ones between them, which 
made me at first think there w 7 ere twins. On more minute 
examination, I found the foetus on its back ; yet l could not by 
any means get at its head ; but, from the bent position of the 
neck, I concluded that the head was lying under it. I tried to 
force the fore legs back, and draw out the hind one, but all our 
attempts were fruitless. 
The mare being in a very weak state, she had nitric ether Jij 
given in a small quantity of gruel : in fact, nature was nearly 
exhausted on my first arrival. She soon afterwards died. 
I then proceeded to examine the state of the uterus. The 
head, the situation of which I most particularly wished to see, 
I found lying under and across the withers at its posterior part, 
having formed an indentation, the form of the head being nearly 
that of a half circle. The left posterior jaw also was two inches 
longer than the other. 
Case II. April 30. — Mr, Priestman, of Hildenly, called to 
tell me that a cow of his, which had gone its full time, had 
parted with the cleansing, and had come to its milk, but without 
producing any calf. He wished me to see her : accordingly I 
went, and, upon examining the uterus of the cow, found the 
calf, and with the greatest ease removed it, for it was no larger 
than a middle sized dog. 
