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only moderate swelling of the mass, all the parts 

 were reasonably clean and pliable and ready to 

 be replaced. I immediately administered hypo- 

 dermic stimulants and a small dose of aromatic 

 spirits of ammonia, then proceeded to put myself 

 in readiness to replace the organ. By the time 

 this was done, I found that the patient was show- 

 ing some effect from the stimulant. 



With some difficulty we succeeded in getting the 

 animal upon her feet, after which it was com- 

 paratively easy to replace the organ. With the 

 return of the uterus, I inserted my hand and arm, 

 as the Dutchman said, "Yust so far as I had any," 

 and did what I could to restore all the parts to 

 their natural position, meanwhile resisting the 

 animal's straining. While my hand was still in 

 the uterus, I had an assistant pump in a pail full 

 of clean, hot, weak, disinfectant solution, this dis- 

 tended the uterus and horns to such an extent 

 that I was able to restore all the parts to their 

 normal position before the animal strained 

 enough to throw out any of the solution. Then 

 I siphoned off the liquid, injected more and si- 

 phoned it off, and kept on repeating this until 



