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1 lie prompt and singular effect of the digitcflis will not be 
overlooked. One drachm, at the commencement of the relapse, 
producing a suspension of every second pulsation of the heart. 
The singular character of the pulse the day after the digitalis 
was omitted is deserving of consideration. Ought this to have 
directed our attention more to the irritable state of the heart? or, 
if so, what else could have been done ? The excessive purging 
produced by one drachm and a half of aloes (for only three of the 
balls were given), and the inability to bear even so slight a tonic 
as half a drachm of gentian and chamomile, are important cir¬ 
cumstances. 
1 he case is before my veterinary brethren. , The record of an 
unsuccessful case, whatever may become of the practitioner, is 
always useful to others. 
STRAINING AND BEARING DOWN OF THE VAGINA 
AND UTERUS IN A COW. 
By Mr . W. A. Cartwright. 
On T uesday morning, the 15th of March, 1831, Mr. Judman’s 
cow man, of Black Park, on entering the cow-house discovered 
that one of the cows had broken loose from the stake, and could 
not rise up on her legs : soon after she became very uneasy, and 
violent straining and a bearing down of the uterus and vagina 
commenced, and continued up to the time I saw her, which was 
about 12 o’clock on the 16th. 
Symptoms .—Strains violently ; the posterior parts of the ute¬ 
rus are protruding, and the vagina looks very much inflamed, 
and as large as one’s head. The os uteri is not the least dilated , 
and from which a little slime issues. Pulse quick; horns hot 
and feverish; appetite not amiss, nor has it been ; has had one 
calf; three years old, in fair condition, and not at her time of 
calving by a fortnight; respiration quick, and grunts. 
Treatment. —Bleed to five quarts. Give opium 3ij, salts ftjj, 
in ftjiv w ater. The blood red, and not the least buffed. 
7 p. m.— The cow not being in the least better, I determined 
on attempting to remove the calf, as I imagined it to be dead, 
from the hurt she had received. I therefore, first introduced my 
finger into the os uteri, gently, but w r ith difficulty, and continued 
to dilate it until I could introduce the whole of my hand; and 
I continued this plan until it w as, in a manner, as fully dilated 
as if the cow was at her full time. This proceeding took nearly 
two hours, and my hand was repeatedly supplied with goose oil, 
