The horn then passed through the
bowel and its coverings, just above the hymen, and was then
withdrawn as she flinched and fell back. The resultant wound
included the lower part of the vagina and rectum, the sphincter
and, the fourchet, and perineum. Hemorrhage was profuse, and the
wound caused excruciating pain. The subject fainted on the spot
from hemorrhage and shock. Her modesty forbade her summoning
medical aid for three days, during which time the wound was
undergoing most primitive treatment. After suturing,
cicatrization followed without delay.
Trompert mentions a case of rupture of the vagina by the horn of
a bull. There is a case recorded in the Pennsylvania Hospital
Reports of a girl of nineteen who jumped out of a second-story
window. On reaching the ground, her foot turned under her as she
fell. The high heel of a French boot was driven through the
perineum one inch from the median line, midway between the anus
and the posterior commissure of the labia majora. The wound
extended into the vagina above the external opening, in which the
heel, now separated from the boot, projected, and whence it was
removed without difficulty. This wound was the only injury
sustained by the fall.
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