TRANSLATIONS FROM CONTINENTAL JOURNALS. 465 
vation of the fore part being considerably greater than that 
of the hinder. 
Symptoms. —When the vagina alone is inverted, it presents 
the appearance of a tumour about the size of a child’s head, 
the surface of which is smooth and of a dark purple colour. 
Inferiorlv it has a sort of excavation, which is the entrance 
to the uterus and the meatus of the bladder. In inversion 
of the uterus, the tumour is of a much larger size; and this 
increases as the inversion becomes more or less complete. 
It is of an elongated shape, pedunculated towards the vagina, 
and extending to the point of the hocks. In the mare, the 
aspect is that of the mucous membrane, while in the rumi¬ 
nants, the membrane is rugous and uneven, being studded 
with elevations; these are the cotyledons of the placenta; 
which usually has not been expelled. It is of a dirty purple 
colour, and covered with the evacuations which are so fre¬ 
quently voided by the animal. 
Among the complications, the author describes that of the 
rectum and the bladder, as being very dangerous. This 
latter has only been observed once by him, and that was in 
a mare. 
He reports a case of a cow having calved late in the even¬ 
ing, and the cow-herd in the morning, by the light of his 
lantern, saw a mass of something behind the cow which he 
thought was the placenta. He took the fork with which the 
dung is removed, and stuck it into this mass to take it away, 
but being unable to do so he withdrew the fork, and thinking 
to get a better hold, he stuck it in a second time with great 
force, without, however, succeeding in his attempt. He now 
discovered his error, and went to inform his master of his 
mistake with sorrow. He was immediately dispatched to 
Mons. Deneubourg, who on his arrival found the uterus was 
burst and much lacerated, and there was great loss of blood. 
He proceeded to reduce it in the usual way, and the animal 
recovered in a very short time. 
The author now enters upon a lengthened description of 
his method for reducing the herniated organs, in which he 
shows great skill. But we proceed rather to consider his plan 
of retention after they have been returned to their place. This 
consists in pouring into the uterus, as quickly as possible, 
two or three pailfuls of some mucilaginous decoction, which 
is done by means of a sort of funnel, and is continued until 
the violence of the straining, which always expels a quantity 
of the fluid, becomes less, and the liquid returned is not so 
much stained with blood. 
The effects of this new form of pessary are—1st, By its 
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