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and vapour baths, as before; besides \Yhich I ordered little bags 
of scalded bran to be placed on her loins, and the extremities to 
be frequently and well rubbed. I then retired, retaining little 
hope of saving the patient. 
My fellow-practitioner, M. Riquet, to whom I imparted the 
state of the beast, and my inquietude, had the kindness to ren¬ 
der me his advice and assistance. 
On my return to the cow, an hour afterwards, I found her 
lying down. The womb had been again protruded a few minutes 
before: it was very hot, and excessively intiamed. Driven al¬ 
most to despair, I made several scarifications along the mucous 
membrane of the everted viscus; a great quantity of bloody 
serosity flowed from them, the continued discharge of which I, 
after a while, arrested by means of anodyne and astringent lo¬ 
tions, produced from a decoction of linseed and poppy-heads, 
cooled and whitened by the acetate of lead. I then occupied me 
for the third time in effecting a reduction of the uterus; but 
perceiving that the fulness of the rumen now rendered this diffi¬ 
cult, if not impossible, I extended the incision in the flank to 
four or five inches, in order to facilitate the extraction of a part 
of the alimentary mass. I easily withdrew three gallons of the 
macerating food, and I poured in, by the same opening, several 
cordial drinks. M. Riquet, who had assisted me by his advice, 
now kindly prepared for me a bandage, simple in its construction, 
and which afforded an effectual support to the part, without irri¬ 
tating an organ already so much injured. 
Three hours after its application, we found the animal lying 
down, out of spirits, and knocked up. Nevertheless, the diffi¬ 
culty of breathing was not so great; the pulse, not so small, beat 
ninety times in a minute; there was want of appetite, neglect of 
her calf, but the extremities were not so cold, and the warmth of 
the skin began to return. The same means were continued, the 
diet, drinks, injections, warm applications to the loins, vapour 
baths, and astringent lotions externally. 
At 10 o’clock at night the beast was already better ; her muzzle 
was not so hot; she was standing; her pulse had fallen to 75, it 
was more developed, and the breathing was freer. We continued 
the same treatment until the 2d of February, when we withdrew 
the bandage. The patient was very weak and poor, and the gas 
continued to escape in great quantities through the opening into 
the rumen : nevertheless she began to ruminate, and the appetite 
then returned. The pulse was good, the respiration undisturbed, 
the skin was not so dry, the hair had lost its roughness and the 
muzzle its dryness. I ordered light food, the strictest attention 
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