The patient, a young married lady of 20, was confined with her first child in October last. The labor was protracted in consequence of the unyielding state of the parts and the size of the head. The practitioner in attendance called in counsel, and the forceps were applied while the head was still high in the pelvis, the patient being put under chloroform. The patient stated that, soon after coming to herself, she felt very sore, and the urine dribbled away; and on placing her finger within the

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... vagina, she found the arch of the pubis entirely denuded of covering, and the bone laid bare. On her recovery, she was unable to retain her urine at all. She