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EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN JOURNALS. 
PERFORATION OF THE VAGINA IN A COW DURING 
COPULATION. 
By N. Beisswaenger. 
This accident, which is usually a rare one in this species of 
animal, is recorded on account of the comparatively 
slight relative lesion by which it was accompanied. A 
young cow, in good condition, was covered by a strong and 
vigorous bull, which performed the act with excessive im¬ 
petuosity. Immediately after copulation a copious stream 
of blood escaped through the vulva, and the cow died before 
the arrival of the author. At the post mortem a laceration 
was found, on the right wall of the vagina, about two inches 
in length, and situated within a short distance of the opening 
of the vulva .—Repert der Thierh. 
PERITONEAL TUMOR IN A HORSE. 
By Me. Aulage. 
In this case the patient, an old horse, twenty-seven years 
of age, had within the past six months suffered on several oc¬ 
casions with attacks of colic, which were, however, generally 
relieved by cathartics. On this occasion the symptoms were 
not, at first, alarming. When first seen, the pulse was found 
normal, the artery somewhat full, the mucous menbranes were 
not ingested, the ears were warm, the loins flexible, there was 
some borborygmus in the large, colon, the abdominal pain was 
not violent. The symptoms were relieved by a resort to 
simple treatment, but reappeared in a much aggravated form 
on the day following. The animal was then constantly lying 
down and rising up, the abdomen was retracted, the head 
was frequently turned backwards, on the right and left sides 
alternately, with the gaze directed to the flanks ; the borbory¬ 
gmus had subsided, the loins were stiff, and the pulse was 
small and accelerated. Rectal exploration seemed very pain¬ 
ful, though the organ was empty. Notwithstanding an active 
treatment, the case ended fatally after thirty-three hours 
duration. The post-mortem revealed the existence of a 
volvulus of the posterior part of the small intestine, which on 
closer examination proved to be a complete strangulation, 
