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REPORTS OF CASES. 
saw the owner Saturday, Oct. 28th, and he said he was taking 
on flesh fast and was running with his cattle, feeling good and 
full of life, eating and drinking all he wanted, and the enlarge¬ 
ment was all gone. This case to me is truly remarkable, so I 
concluded to bring it before the association. 
DILATING THE OS UTERI AND IMPREGNATORS. 
By Francis Abeee, Quincy, Mass. 
Have been called to many cases of nymphomania. In most 
cases I find the os closed, the passage through the neck tor¬ 
tuous and gnarled. In some, excellent results follow dilatation 
from the finger before service from the bull. In some only 
a small part of ^ the passage can be started in one day. Advan- 
tage gained can be held by a plug of oiled cotton and the rest 
of the dilation done later. Have tried to dilate with mechani¬ 
cal appliances, but as the os is apt to be curled upwards, punc¬ 
ture is apt to enter the abdomen, producing no benefit but pos¬ 
sible harm. 
A mare that had bred regularly and then stopped for two 
years I treated and she again bred. 
Would this happen if the female were served at first heat 
after parturition ? It is usually found in an animal that has 
had a rest. 
Patent impregnators were once used, but if you can’t get 
your finger or even a probe through, how can you get the im- 
pregnator through ? If you cut with a knife, what prevents 
cutting completely through the sides or ends of the same and 
entering the abdominal cavity without making the connection 
sought ? 
Tried spring dilators with best success, but even that is not 
sure. I hear of many fine milch cows beefed because of barren¬ 
ness. In a dairy district where hay is $20 a ton and every pound 
of feed is bought, every inch of space of great value and all 
labor calls for cash, a barren cow is a big loss, and if a sure cure 
can be had, a dairyman would pay well for it. 
It seems to me that the bulk of our literature on the subject 
is the advertisements of dealers. What is the proportion of 
cures ? 
PHYSIC A PREVENTIVE FOR PARTURIENT APOPLEXY. 
By Francis Abele, V. S., Quincy, Mass. 
I have usually told dairymen that if a cow is given a good 
cathartic just after calving, parturient apoplexy is warded off. 
