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period been unlmpregnatcd. Blows may cause it ; so also 

 may excessive weakness ; and the earlier it is attended 

 to, the more readily will it be restored. The treatment 

 is described in the following narrative, which was pub- 

 lished by me in the Veterinarian. 



" I began by having a soft clean cloth spread upon a 

 table, and, placing the dog on this, with a sponge the 

 uterus was gently moistened. No friction was employed, 

 but with tepid water the part was carefully sopped. This 

 process was not c[uick. An hour and a half expired be- 

 fore all the extraneous matter was- by it removed. This 

 accomplished, with a pair of scissors the fibrinous tumors 

 were snipped off. The hemorrhage was trivial ; but 

 there yet remained marks of bruises and signs of lacera- 

 tion which could not be cut away. To these a spirituous 

 solution of nitric acid — a drachm to the ounce — was 

 applied, and the entire of the exposed surface dressed 

 with it. 



" Knowing the peculiar form of the passage, I was 

 able to return the womb, and met with little obstruction. 

 Up to this point I had succeeded better than at first I 

 hoped ; but here came the difficulty. The uterus was 

 replaced, but how was it to be retained ? The irritability 

 of the system would have a natural tendency to reject 

 the viscus, and the lotion I had used was not of a sooth- 

 ing quality. To render the case more desperate, there 

 was the knowledge of the temperament and habits of the 

 animal — its manner of sitting — its mode of curving the 

 spine to void its fssces — the marked excitability of its 

 generative organs — and its peculiar sensitiveness to suf- 

 fering. 



" To own the truth, I had done so much more than, 



