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the pelvis, large enough to admit three fingers. A portion of 
the large omentum was hanging out about a loot, and was 
very bloody and soiled from her continued rolling, and some 
of the intestines were protruding. I cut away all the soiled 
parts of the peritoneum and replaced the clean portions along 
with the intestines, and stitched up the wound, binding the 
patient up with three strong surcingles, and put her upon 
anodyne treatment. What I cut away would have covered a 
large-sized slate. The patient had some slight pains the first 
and second days after the accident, but has had none since, 
and was put to work again last Saturday, (the 15th), and has 
worked ever since, 
I think that all dangers are passed. Yet is it so? Two 
physicians in my town said it was useless for me to attempt 
the operation, for the patient must die, even if she should sur¬ 
vive two or three weeks. I am anxious to know the end. 
The mare seems as well as ever now; the wound is quite 
healed up, and though she is over twenty years old I do not 
think she will die from that injury. 
PROLAPSUS VAGINA AND UTERUS. 
By S. H. Swain, V.S., Decatur, Ill. 
I notice in the last issue of the Review, a case of prolapsus 
vagina and rectum. Thinking it would be of interest to your 
readers while this one is fresh in mind, I herewith furnish you 
a few notes of a case 1 had of prolapus vagina and uterus. It 
was in a fine Jersey cow owned by Wm. Roach of this city- 
About two weeks prior to the proper time of parturition the 
vagina protruded—I do not know just how bad it was out, 
but presume not so very bad. 
Mr. Roach presented his cow to a couple of veterinary 
surgeons of this city for treatment. I do not know what they 
did for her, but I do know that they had her in their hospital 
quite a while, probably from three to five weeks or longer. 
In the meantime she had a calf and the whole uterus came 
out. After exhausting their ability they made an unfavorable 
prognosis of the case, and told her owner that she could not 
