138 The Management and Diseases of the Bog. 



pain, besides which the bitch was constantly straining, as 

 if apparently requiring to urinate ; small quantities of urine, 

 however, were only passed, mixed with some fcetid and 

 brown-coloured matter from the vagina. She was an old 

 animal, had lost all appetite, and was in an emaciated con- 

 dition. 



" The history given me of the case was that, about nine 

 months ago, the bitch had a litter of pups, soon after which 

 a swelling, about the size of a walnut, was noticed at the 

 site of the present tumour. The enlargement continued 

 almost unaltered in size until aboutfour months ago, at which 

 time she was missed from her house for a few days. Soon 

 after her return the tumour began to increase in size, and 

 the other symptoms now present to slowly develops them- 

 selves. \ 



"By manipulation a round hard body could h^ felt, 

 partly composing the tumour, which, considering the his- 

 tory of the case, the form of the enlargement, and the nature 

 of the vaginal discharge, I came to the conclusion was the 

 head of a fcetus. 



" It having been determined to operate with a, view if 

 possible of still prolonging the animal's life, she was put 

 under the influence of chloroform and the tumour opened. 

 It was found to contain a considerable portion of the uterus, 

 with one dead fcetus in it, having the head and fore parts 

 entire. The hinder portion of the body was^ however, broken 

 up by decomposition, the parts remaining being very putrid 

 and rotten. After removing the foetus I endeavoured to 

 return the uterus into the abdomen, but it was so swollen 

 and thickened throughout that I could not do so, and as 

 her owner did not wish her to suffer any further pain she 

 was destroyed. On further examination the blcfdder was 

 found not to be included in the hernia, but greatly distended 

 by pressure of its neck between the brim of the pelvis and 

 the anterior part of the vagina. Besides these lesions 

 there was little else which requires special mention. Allied 



