On examining the parts a single opening was seen, as in the preceding case, from the pubes to the coccyx.

Some time afterward the end of the intestine descended several inches and hung loosely on the concave surface of the rectum.

A sponge was introduced to support the rectum and prevent access of air.

The destruction of the parts was so complete and the opening so large as to bring into view the whole inner surface of the pelvis, in spite of which, after prolonged suppuration, the wound cicatrized from behind forward and health returned, except as regards the inconvenience of feces and urine.

Milk-secretion appeared late and lasted two months without influencing the other functions.
There are cases in which, through the ignorance of the midwife or the physician, prolapsed pelvic organs are mistaken for afterbirth and extracted.