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requested again to visit her, when I found her with all the symp- 
toms of acute pneumonia, attended with a severe diarrhoea, which, 
in spite of my medical treatment, cut her off’ in three days : and 
so ended all my cherished hopes of saving her. 
P. S. Perhaps some of your numerous readers may remark that 
I never used any injection, so useful an adjunct in this disease; 
but from the position in which the cow fell the rectum protruded 
so much, and evidently gave so much pain, that we desisted from 
that which we should otherwise have attempted. 
A CASE OF PROTRUSION OF THE UTERUS IN A 
COW. 
By Mr. G. F. Morton, V.S., Thirsk. 
On Friday morning, the 24th of February last, Mr. Holmes 
was sent for to see a cow belonging to a neighbouring farmer. 
He being from home, I went. On my arrival two men were hold- 
ing a bushel measure with the uterus in it, and which it more 
than filled; it was very much swollen and discoloured from the 
length of time — nearly five hours — that it had protruded. 
I administered tinct. opii Jiss, and got her turned on her back 
and her hind quarters raised. After removing the placenta and 
the dirt that had accumulated, and washing it first with milk 
and water and then with a solution of chloride of lime, by great 
perseverance I got it returned, and retained it in its position by 
means of strong metallic sutures passed through the lips of the 
bearing. 
The straining still continuing very much, I inserted a seton on 
the loins, and rubbed in some oil of turpentine. I ordered a 
man to remain with her that day and night, and at each throe 
to press against the bearing, for fear of her rupturing the stitches. 
After administering a pound of sulphate of magnesia — her bowels 
being rather costive — I ordered linseed gruel to be given, and 
left her. 
4 p.m. — She was still straining a little. I repeated the tinct. 
opii gss, adding spirit of tether, nit. 5j. She had eaten some 
hay and taken some gruel. 
2 5th . — The straining discontinued and the bowels opened. A 
slight discharge from the uterus and the lips of the bearing. I 
injected a solution of the chloride of lime into the uterus, and 
washed the lips of the bearing with the same. 
2 6th . — Going on well. The discharge from the uterus still 
continues. The solution used as before. 
March 2d . — The sutures were removed. 
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