Functions of the Generative Organs. 163 



"The same veterinarian (Ibid., p. 297) performed the 

 * sectio Ceesarean' on another bitch two years old. The 

 animal had been in labour for two days, and was extremely 

 weak ; no puppies had been born. The section was made on 

 the left side, and four dead puppies extracted. The uterus 

 and ovaries were extirpated by the ecraseur, and the arteries 

 ligatured. Frequent rigors appeared after the operation, 

 In twenty-four hours death ensued, the fatal termination 

 being apparently due to septiksemia. 



" Feser (Ibid., p. 298) relates another instance in which 

 he performed the operation, extracting four living puppies 

 — two from each cornu ; the incision was made in the left 

 flank. The uterus and ovaries were also excised in this case 

 the animal loosing about five ounces of blood. Extreme 

 prostration ensued after the wounds were closed, but this 

 was combated by stimulants, and sprinkling sweet spirits of 

 nitre, over the body. The appetite was good, and with the 

 exception of traumatic fever, no unfavourable symptoms 

 supervened. In eight days the bitch had recovered ; two 

 of the puppies were reared artificially. 



" Adam (' Briefliche Mittheilung ') performed the opera- 

 tion on a bitch, under chloroform, making the section at the 

 linea alba, behind the umbilicus, and dividing the tissues 

 with the scalpel, the peritoneum with scissors ; the cornua 

 were opened by incision. After removal of the foetuses, the 

 wound in the abdominal muscles was united by suture, 

 then that in the skin. During the first day the animal 

 was very depressed and feverish, but on the third day it was 

 able to move about. The puppies, which were very large, 

 were reared by hand. Eight months afterwards the bitch 

 again became pregnant, and not being able to bring forth, 

 died — no assistance having been rendered on this occasion, 

 apparently." 



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