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CONSULTATIONS. 
delivered, protrusion of the rectum took place, which we were 
unable to retain, and which rapidly assumed an intense red colour, 
and was much swelled. I have used fomentations, poultices, &c., 
and kept it in its place as well as I could. The throes of the cow 
have continued ever since ; and I have given all that I could 
suggest to allay uterine pains, but which had no effect whatever ; 
and it requires the constant attendance of one person to keep 
the rectum from protruding. 
The placenta was extracted on the second day. She seemed 
racked with pain. What shall I do with the protruded rectum? 
and what course shall I adopt to allay uterine pains ? 
A Reply to the foregoing , by Professor Dick. 
Dear Sir, — The continuation of the throes, straining, and labour 
pains, probably depends on some rupture from the previous violent 
action, or you may have wounded the peritoneum in your opera- 
tion, and some of the ammonial fluid may have passed into the 
abdominal cavity, producing peritonitis, or otherwise inflamma- 
tion has taken place at the neck of the uterus. It will be ad- 
visable to bleed again, as far as she will bear it, as indicated 
by the pulse, and a full dose of linseed oil and tincture of opium 
should be given, which may be repeated every eight or twelve hours 
until the bowels are acted on. The rectum must be cleared out 
by the hand, and washed out with a clyster ; after which a glass 
or two of port wine and one or two ounces of tincture of opium 
should be injected into either the rectum or uterus, whichever 
may be protruded, and this may be repeated frequently until she 
is relieved. Raise her hind quarters well, in order to keep the 
bowels forward, and secure all by a proper bandage : I am afraid, 
however, that the case is a bad one. 
The cow was dead before the Professor’s answer could be 
received. 
No. XXX. 
A suspicious Discharge from the Nostril. 
Sir, — I beg leave to consult you respecting two horses under 
my care, belonging to different farmers, with a discharge from the 
right nostril. I was called to one of them shortly after I came 
home from the College, in which it had begun about Martinmas last, 
but nearly disappeared for some time. The submaxillary gland 
