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The causes of this condition are unknown, time of gestation is 
supposed to be passed for several days. 
General condition .—Prostration, anorexia, diarrhoea, artery 
soft and small, pulse quick and weak, respiration quiet, thick, 
abundant and yellow greenish mucous through the vulva, neck of 
uterus is close, a foetus well developed and immobile is felt 
through the walls of the rectum. 
The next day, general condition more satisfactory, no diar¬ 
rhoea, appetite better, three fingers can be introduced into the os 
uteri. 
Diagnosis .—Probable death of the foetus; prognosis, cau¬ 
tious. 
Treatment. —Abortive drench of oz. ii of ergot; without result. 
The next day, increase in the symptoms, animal is lying down, 
very tympantic, respiration increased, pulse very quick and fee¬ 
ble, entire loss of appetite. The os uteri is sufficiently open to 
allow the introduction of the hand, which then brings out some 
thick, offensive mucosities. The patient is very weak and dies 
during the manipulations for the extraction of the foetus. 
Autopsy. —Large effusions in the abdomen of a thick, bloody 
fluid of an infect odor, with blackish clots of various forms, size, 
and consistency ; a great part of the foetus is out of its natural 
cavity and rests on the rumen and intestines; the foetal envelopes 
are torn and in a putrid condition; the displacement has taken 
place through a wide solution of continuity between the uterine 
horns and extending over the superior and inferior face of the 
organ; another smaller opening is found also at the junction of 
the lateral and superior face of the left horn. These wounds 
have irregular edges, somewhat smooth and infiltrated with blood. 
In the largest laceration, the two layers, muscular and mucous, 
have an uneven size; the former being retracted, the mucous 
forms alone the free border of the opening. The foetus was 
enormously developed by the infiltration of both liquid and gas 
through the cellular tissues. 
The general emphysema of the foetus is one of the causes of 
dystocia which had been heretofore unnoticed. 
—Annates de Bruxelles , April. 
