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A CA.SE OF PROLAPSUS UTERI AND 
IliEMATOSEPSIS. 
By G. E. Cooper, Student of Veterinary Medicine, 
Ashbourne, Derby. 
On the 5th of March we were sent for to see a cow, the 
property of Mr. Gilman, Shirley Mill, five miles from this 
place. It was a case of prolapsus uteri; but being from home 
in another direction, it was several hours before we could 
attend. On our arrival we found the uterus completely in¬ 
verted, the organ protruding as far as possible. After 
some difficulty it was returned, and the skin on each side the 
vulva w'as stitched, to prevent its return. As the animal 
seemed somewhat excited, the pulse full and rather increased, 
01. Lini, ^xij cum Tr. Opii, ^iss, 
was administered. 
6 th.—We visited the patient, and found the pulse about 
50 and sluggish; extremities warm and bowels open ; she 
had, however, an anxious look, and no appetite. A grinding 
of the teeth also existed, indicative of pain. Gave— 
Spts. Eth. Nit., 3 iss; 
Tr. Opii, ; 
Aquae, q. s. 
Another draught composed of the same medicaments was 
ordered to be given at night. 
7 th.—We again visited our patient, and found the symp¬ 
toms about the same as yesterday, except that there was a 
more dejected expression of countenance. The pulse was 
lower and feeble. Repeated the Spts. Nit. Eth. in draught, 
combined with a laxative, and left instructions for a similar 
draught, to be given every three or four hours. We saw her 
about 10 o’clock a.m., and by 7 o’clock p.m. she was dead. 
The next morning we decided on making a post-mortem 
examination, which, how ever, we were not able to do until the 
following day. On taking off the integument a quantity of 
fetid gas escaped from the superficial areolar tissue, and one 
side of the body seemed to be in a putrescent state, being 
quite green and gangrenous. The lungs and heart were 
in similar condition, though not so much decayed in struc¬ 
ture. The rest of the viscera were healthy, with the excep¬ 
tion of the uterus, which w as rather discoloured, but not to 
an unusual extent, and not at all injured. The muscular 
structure on one side of the animal w as so broken up, that 
