TWISTED NECK OF UTERUS OF A COW. 
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the latter stages of dysentery, in habitual diarrhoea, and in a 
languid state of the stomach/’ 
Pereira says, “ it is of all tonics the least likely to disagree 
with the stomach.” 
This, again, has noplace in the f Veterinary Pharmaco¬ 
poeia,’ though from its esteemed qualities and the fact of its 
abundance and comparative inexpensiveness it would seem 
to be well adapted as a remedial agent in many of the com¬ 
plaints of the lower animals. 
TWISTED NECK OE THE UTERUS OF A COW, 
FOLLOWED BY SPEEDY DEATH. 
By J. FI. Bennett, M.R.C.Y.S., Havering, Essex. 
On August 23rd I was called to a cow, one of the herd that 
had been suffering from foot-and-mouth disease, but which had 
passed favorably through the attack, in consequence of her 
exhibiting symptoms of acute abdominal pain. On examina¬ 
tion I found that she was near the period of parturition, and 
that the pains were somewhat allied to those of labour, but 
unaccompanied with any dilation of the os uteri. The pulse 
was quick and tremulous, the breathing rapid, and the surface 
of the body bedewed with perspiration; the faeces and also 
the urine were frequently voided during her painful expul- 
satory efforts. Thinking that the calf was probably dead, 
and that in due course the os uteri would be dilated, I 
administered diffusible stimulants with the idea of support¬ 
ing the animal and assisting in the expulsion of the calf. 
During the evening of the same day I saw the animal again 
and found that there was little change in the symptoms, 
except that the pulse had become rather more distinct, but 
the eyes were more sunken than in the morning and the dis¬ 
tress and general indications of suffering more marked. Resto¬ 
ratives were again had recourse to. 
On the morning of the 24th the cow was much worse, 
almost pulseless and evidently dying. She died during the 
forenoon without any further evidence of the calf coming 
awav. 
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On making post-mortem examination I found the uterus to 
be much congested, its vessels turgid with blood, and its coats 
thickened to a great extent; but what in my opinion was a 
very singular thing was that a complete twist had taken place 
