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fate. About a fortnight after, when the bone was uniting, he 
became extremely restless ; knocking his foot against the ground, 
notwithstanding all our endeavours to prevent him. In about 
six weeks he was taken from the slings very much emaciated, 
and w 7 ith a considerable ossific deposit above the knee. For the 
first two or three days he knuckled over on the pastern, but he 
gradually regained his strength, and, with the exception of his 
turning the leg a little outwards in progression, he is as useful 
as ever for common purposes. I have cited this case, because 
I think, that in many cases of fracture, we should be justified in 
endeavouring to save the animal. 
A CASE OF INVERSION OF THE BLADDER OF A 
MARE. 
By the same . 
April 25.—A valuable thorough-bred mare, in high condi¬ 
tion, the property of Dean Gough, after a very laborious partu¬ 
rition, ejected the rectum in large volumes, but which was happily 
returned ; on the same day part of the uterus was likewise thrown 
out; and on the following morning I was called in. 
2 6th .—The animal seemed to be in great pain, rising and lying 
down frequently; endeavouring to void urine, and only bringing 
it away in small quantities ; part of the uterus projecting from 
the vagina and lying in folds; continual straining as in the 
throes of labour; pulse 66 and weak; loss of appetite and in¬ 
difference to the foal. V. S. 5 quarts; cold astringent injections 
of equal parts of nitre and alum to be frequently applied; diet, 
bran mashes, soft grass, &c. Towards the evening the inversion 
seemed to have returned; she regained her appetite, and laydown 
and rose less frequently. 
27th .— Still improving; the difficulty in voiding urine much the 
same; in other respects the animal is lively and doing well; in¬ 
jection continued. 
28 th .—On retracting the labia pudenda at three or four inches 
inwards, and inferiorly, I could plainly see what I considered to 
be a large tumour or inversion of some part of the uterus. This, 
with the other parts, had been seen to project from the vagina 
in her laborious throes. On passing my hand up to examine it, 
I could not at all satisfy myself about it; it was globular and 
bulbous, resembling a very large polypus, and in appearance was 
like the other parts of the uterus. I tried in vain to return it by 
pressure against it, but that w as totally useless, as, on the pressure 
being removed, it returned as before. The difficulty of voiding 
