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that her endeavours were futile, none being passed. Upon 

 examination of the parietes of the abdomen the bladder was 

 found to be distended. Accordingly an attempt was made to 

 pass a catheter, butwithout success. The animal was ordered 

 a warm bath, and a small dose of castor-oil mixture. The 

 stomach being irritable this was returned, and the dog getting 

 no better was brought to the infirmary on Tuesday even- 

 in&> July 6th. Upon examination, some calcareous matter 

 was found adhering to the lower part of the vulva, and the 

 bladder was distended with urine. 



" It was now determined to attempt the passing of the 

 catheter again — this time the operation was attended with 

 success, after considerable difficulty. The catheter being 

 passed into the bladder, the urine continued to flow through 

 the instrument in a full stream, until six ounces of a some- 

 what dirty, pale-coloured, turbid, and alkaline fluid had 

 been drawn off. The bitch seemed now much relieved ; she 

 was ordered beef-tea, and returned to her owner, an old 

 lady upwards of seventy years of age, who was much grati- 

 fied at the relief her pet had experienced. The owner was 

 requested to report to me the following day the condition 

 of the animal (no medicine was ordered). On the follow- 

 ing morning, July 7th, her friend, Dr. George, called, and 

 stated that the bitch was much prostrated, and that sick- 

 ness was constant if anything was taken into the stomach. 

 An hydrocyanic acid mixture was ordered, but this being 

 objected to, a mixture of creosote in minimum doses was 

 substituted. After two or three doses of the mixture the 

 sickness subsided to some extent. Beef-tea and brandy 

 were ordered as a support, and beef-tea injections, but the 

 animal died the following morning. 



" Post-mortem. — Upon removing the abdominal viscera 

 the stomach was found slightly tinged with red ; the 

 intestines and spleen were healthy ; the liver somewhat 

 congested ; the lungs were in a congested state, probably 

 from gravitation of the blood ; the right ventricle and 



