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Obstetric Cases
Obstetric Cases.
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direct injury, or from adhesion of the free borders of the iris, as the result of inflammation.
fi G. u. Eye of a cow. r. Di splacement of lens int o the a nterior cha mber; 2. Pupil opaque and occluded by thickened hyaloid membrane; 3· Rent in attached border of iris.
The other sketch (fig. 1 1) illustrates a case of dislocation of the lens, which I recently brought before the notice of the members of the Scottish Metropolitan Association, and the particulars of which were published in the Veterinary ')'ouma!.
OBSTETRIC CASES. BY C. W. GREGORY, M.R.C.V. S., BRISTOL. PARTURIENT H iEMORRHAGE.
subject of this case was a heifer in her first calving; she had labour pains for two days, and for eight hours previous to my seeing her they were severe. The vagina was swollen and dry, barely admitting the hand. I found it a breech presentation, and the calf dead. I pushed the calf forward, and endeavoured to recover one hind-leg, but there was not sufficient room to raise the foot. I then fastened a hook into the pastern, and again pushed the calf forward, and succeeded in bringing back the foot; securing it with a cord, I did the same with the other foot. The heifer being exhausted, I gave her a stimulant, and then put three men to pull away the calf, but failed to get the breech into the pelvis. My advice was not to delay the operation, but to employ steady and continuous traction. This was carried out by the three men for about forty minutes1 when THE
The Vetert"nary Journal. the calf came away, and was followed by considerable arterial hremorrhage, which proceeded from laceration of the inferolateral portion of the os uteri and vagina. I had cold water sprinkled over the croup, and a towel wetted with cold water was passed along the vagina into the uterus. The bleeding, however, continued, and in about ten minutes I removed the cloths ; but finding the placental membranes had been between them and the injury, I re-applied the cold-water cloth-carefully placing it on the injured part; in this way I succeeded in stopping the flow of blood. After giving the heifer a dose of brandy, and clothing the body well, I left her, with orders to continue sprinkling cold water as before for thirty minutes, and repeat it should bleeding recur. The following day the heifer looked cheerful, was comfortably warm, had eaten a little hay, and was chewing her cud. I was told that she had cleansed, and had also expelled the cloth about two hours after it was applied; but there was no recurrence of bleeding. She steadily progressed, and entirely recovered without any further interference. PROTRUSION OF THE FCETAL LIMB DURING GESTATION.
The subject of this case was a Guernsey cow, about ten years . old. She was at grass, and due to calve in four weeks. She appeared to be in good health and free from pain, notwithstanding that the hind-leg of a freta} calf protruded about six inches beyond the vulva. I passed my fingers into the vagina, but finding no appearance whatever of the approach of parturition, I advised no interference except giving a mild aperient; but should any labour pains appear, I was to be informed. I saw her at intervals during the next fortnight, but she continued well. The calf's leg had decayed and dropped off. I still refrained from interference, and when the termination of gestation had arrived, she calved without assistance, and afterwards did well. [This is, so far as our experience and reading go, an extraordinary and unique case, and, from several points of view, difficult of explanation. Information as to the condition of the calf when expelled, as well as that of the freta} membranes, would be valuable.]
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direct injury, or from adhesion of the free borders of the iris, as the result of inflammation.
fi G. u. Eye of a cow. r. Di splacement of lens int o the a nterior cha mber; 2. Pupil opaque and occluded by thickened hyaloid membrane; 3· Rent in attached border of iris.
The other sketch (fig. 1 1) illustrates a case of dislocation of the lens, which I recently brought before the notice of the members of the Scottish Metropolitan Association, and the particulars of which were published in the Veterinary ')'ouma!.
OBSTETRIC CASES. BY C. W. GREGORY, M.R.C.V. S., BRISTOL. PARTURIENT H iEMORRHAGE.
subject of this case was a heifer in her first calving; she had labour pains for two days, and for eight hours previous to my seeing her they were severe. The vagina was swollen and dry, barely admitting the hand. I found it a breech presentation, and the calf dead. I pushed the calf forward, and endeavoured to recover one hind-leg, but there was not sufficient room to raise the foot. I then fastened a hook into the pastern, and again pushed the calf forward, and succeeded in bringing back the foot; securing it with a cord, I did the same with the other foot. The heifer being exhausted, I gave her a stimulant, and then put three men to pull away the calf, but failed to get the breech into the pelvis. My advice was not to delay the operation, but to employ steady and continuous traction. This was carried out by the three men for about forty minutes1 when THE
The Vetert"nary Journal. the calf came away, and was followed by considerable arterial hremorrhage, which proceeded from laceration of the inferolateral portion of the os uteri and vagina. I had cold water sprinkled over the croup, and a towel wetted with cold water was passed along the vagina into the uterus. The bleeding, however, continued, and in about ten minutes I removed the cloths ; but finding the placental membranes had been between them and the injury, I re-applied the cold-water cloth-carefully placing it on the injured part; in this way I succeeded in stopping the flow of blood. After giving the heifer a dose of brandy, and clothing the body well, I left her, with orders to continue sprinkling cold water as before for thirty minutes, and repeat it should bleeding recur. The following day the heifer looked cheerful, was comfortably warm, had eaten a little hay, and was chewing her cud. I was told that she had cleansed, and had also expelled the cloth about two hours after it was applied; but there was no recurrence of bleeding. She steadily progressed, and entirely recovered without any further interference. PROTRUSION OF THE FCETAL LIMB DURING GESTATION.
The subject of this case was a Guernsey cow, about ten years . old. She was at grass, and due to calve in four weeks. She appeared to be in good health and free from pain, notwithstanding that the hind-leg of a freta} calf protruded about six inches beyond the vulva. I passed my fingers into the vagina, but finding no appearance whatever of the approach of parturition, I advised no interference except giving a mild aperient; but should any labour pains appear, I was to be informed. I saw her at intervals during the next fortnight, but she continued well. The calf's leg had decayed and dropped off. I still refrained from interference, and when the termination of gestation had arrived, she calved without assistance, and afterwards did well. [This is, so far as our experience and reading go, an extraordinary and unique case, and, from several points of view, difficult of explanation. Information as to the condition of the calf when expelled, as well as that of the freta} membranes, would be valuable.]