140 INVERSION OF THE UTERUS IN A COW. 
ance, which it invariably was said to do after each evacuation, 
pain being constantly present at such time. 
Reflecting on the case next morning, and observing consider¬ 
able mischief was being done by the necessary manipulation, I 
foresaw I should have a very troublesome case, unless I could 
hit upon some plan of dilating the sphincter, so as to allow of a 
return of the tumour without so much handling of it. This I 
accomplished in the following manner :—I had the mare placed 
in a narrow stall, the back part of which was well bedded with 
litter, so that in standing her hind quarters were elevated six or 
eight inches higher than the fore ones. I then procured a pair 
of glove-sticks, such as glovers use for opening the fingers of 
gloves, and, having dipped their ends in oil, gently introduced 
them about an inch or an inch and a half into the rectum, under¬ 
neath the tumour, letting it, in fact, rest upon them. In this 
way, by pressing the handles, dilatation took place, and the 
tumour receded with little or no difficulty. This treatment I 
persevered in for four days, in conjunction with a constant 
application of cold water to the parts; at the end of which time 
such great improvement had taken place, that the use of the 
sticks became no longer necessary. In four days more the 
parts appeared to have become quite reinstated, which, of 
course, rendered any further treatment unnecessary. I gave no 
medicine, except a very mild aperient in the first instance, but 
kept the bowels lax with bran, linseed, carrots, &c. &c. The 
mare being sold shortly afterwards, I lost sight of her, and am 
unable to say, in consequence, whether any return has taken 
place; but I should think such an occurrence not improbable. 
Inversion of the Uterus in a Cow. 
This case is sent principally to direct attention to the bulb 
and rod recommended by Mr. Cooper, of Berkhampstead, a 
sketch of which appeared in a late number of The VETERI¬ 
NARIAN, and to bear my testimony to its great use in returning 
that viscus. 
Early in the morning of 12th May, I was summoned hastily 
to attend a cow which had calved about 10 P.w on the previous 
evening. She had experienced no difficulty in the act, but her 
after-pains were more severe than usual, so much so as to 
induce her owner (a very careful manager of stock) to have an 
attendant set up to watch her, she being a valuable cow. She 
continued straining at intervals, but was unable to rid herself of 
the placental membranes, until after one very violent effort, 
when they became ejected, and almost immediate^ afterwards 
