464 SURGICAL DISEASES. 



" Inversion of the uterus in a Bull hitch after pupping. Extirpa- 

 tion and cure. By M. Cross, M. Y., Milan.—' In July, 1829, I 

 was desired to attend a small bull bitch six years old, and wbo had 

 had puppies four times. The uterus was completely inverted, and 

 rested all its weight on the vaginal orifice of the urethra, prevent- 

 ing the discharge of the urine, and thus being the cause of great 

 pain when the animal endeavoured to void it, or the faecal matter. 

 The uterus was become of almost a black colour, swelled, softened, 

 , and exhaling an insupportable odour. Judging from this that the 

 preservation of the uterus was impossible, and reckoning much on 

 the good constitution of the patient, I warned the proprietor of 

 the danger of its reduction, even suj)posing that it was practicable, 

 and proposed to him the complete extirpation of the uterus as the 

 only means that remained of saving the bitch. 



' Armed with his consent, I passed a ligature round the neck 

 of the uterus, at the bottom of the vagina, and drew it as tight as 

 I possibly could. On the following day I again tightened the 

 ligature, in order to comj^lete the mortification of the part, and the 

 separation of the womb. On the third day I extirpated the womb 

 entirely, close to the haunch. There was very slight loss of blood, 

 but there ran from the walls of the vagina a small quantity of 

 ichorous fluid, with a strong fetid smell. The operation was 

 scarcely completed ere she voided a considerable quantit}^ of urine, 

 and then searched about for something to eat and to drink. 



* The portion of the uterus that was removed weighed fourteen 

 ounces. The mucous membrane by which it was lined was in a 

 highly disorganized state. From time to time injections of a 



