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Orders were given for the patient to be watched, so 

 that he might not interfere with the part, and to be kept 

 quiet. On the fifth day the ligature sloughed off, and at 

 the end of another similar period the wound was whole. 



On the i6th of the following month, July, I met the 

 owner, and was informed that the dog was perfectly well, 

 and that there was no mark or enlargement of any kind to 

 be detected. 



DOUBLE VENTRAL HERNIA WITH DIS- 

 PLACEMENT OF THE BLADDER. 

 The following case is of sufficient interest and instruc- 

 tion to find a place in this chapter. " On the ist of June, 

 1878, 1 received into the infirmary a white bull-terrier bitch 

 from Mr. Coath, of the Shrubbery, Walsall. The animal in 

 •question was sent to me under the supposition she had 

 Mammary Tumours or Cancer, and the following brief 

 history was furnished me : — Some months previous to the 

 above date, the bitch engaged in a fight with another dog, 

 and, to separate the animals, a man had put his foot 

 ■across the bitch as she lay on her back, whilst he tore her 

 opponent away. At that time she was supposed to be in 

 whelp. Shortly after the combat, these two enlargements 

 made their appearance, and gradually increased in size 

 On the day she was brought for my inspection, I found 

 them firm, smooth, and glistening, and situated in the 

 neighbourhood of the two posterior mammae, the latter 

 appearing to be involved. The left side was much the 

 greater, the tumour being as large as a goose-egg, and 

 extending to the groin. That on the right was about one- 

 third the size. The bitch being gross, I ordered a dose of 

 castor oil, and light unstimulating diet, until her condition 

 was such as to warrant an operation being performed, it 

 necessary. On frequent examinations made between the 

 1st and 2ist, I found the tumours varied somewhat in their 



