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hydrate ss. dissolved in a pint of water, which had the desired 
effect in a few minutes. 
I then made a more close inquiry into the history of the case, 
and was told by Mrs. Collins that the time of delivery was up 
within a few days. I made an examination per vagina, and found 
the os perfectly contracted so that it was impossible for me to 
insert my linger. The cervix felt hard, like cartilage, and felt to 
me like the neck of a bottle. I applied solid extract belladonna 
around the cervix and waited about four hours and found the os 
had dilated so that, by rotatory motion, I could introduce my 
finger. I kept on manipulating the parts, but had no success in 
getting the parts to dilate. There seemed to be a perfect stricture 
of the cervix. I made up my mind to try the effects of warm 
fomentations. I introduced the nozzle of Reid’s pump into the 
vagina, and kept up a stream of blood-warm water for five hours, 
but received no benefit from it only to soothe the irritated parts. 
I now made up my mind to operate and divide the stricture, 
which I did as follows: I passed a concealed bistory ten inches 
long into the os and made a superior and inferior incision into the 
cervix of about an inch and a half, then withdrew the instrument 
and introduced my hand, and, by gently manipulating the parts,- 
they dilated in a short time. I ruptured the foetal membranes, 
and, allowing the liquor amnio to escape, found the foetus in a 
proper position, and, by applying gentle traction to the legs, the 
thoos of the animal being weak, delivery was soon effected. I 
introduced my hand to remove the foetal membranes and found 
another calf, which I removed in the ordinary way. There was 
some hemorrhage from the incisions made in the cervix, but noth¬ 
ing to speak of. Both calves and cow made a good recovery. 
I had another case similar to this, the animal being very poor 
and debilitated, on April 16th ; tried the same treatment and 
failed, but by operating on the cervix by division of the stricture 
I had good success in saving the cow and calf. 
N. B.—Would ask the editor if the debilitated condition these 
cows were in had anything to do with the cartilaginous condition 
of the cervix, as both cows had no trouble in parturition before. 
:[It is not likely.—E d.] 
