Functions of the Generative Organs. 161 
On the Continent some interesting cases of this operation 
are recorded. Among others, Mr. Fleming, in the obstetrical 
work alluded to, gives the following :— 
“ Brooks and Whitworth (Ibid., vol. xxxix., p. 33) relate 
the history ofa bitch, which, while pregnant, had its pelvis 
injured by being run over by acarriage. When parturition 
had been going on fruitlessly for some time, an examination 
was made, and it was discovered that, owing to the fracture 
_, ot the pelvis, just above symphysis pubis, the dimensions of 
tne canal were greatly reduced and altered in form, so that 
the finger could scarcely be passed. Chloroform was ad- 
ministered; the hair removed from the skin in the right 
iliac region, where the incision was made. Two puppies 
were removed; the wound in the uterus closed by silver 
wire suture. In three weeks the bitch was well. The _ 
puppies, put to another bitch, also lived. 
“Macorps (‘Annales de Méd. Vétérinaire de Bruxelles,’ 
1862, p. 137) had under treatment a bitch which had in the 
right flank, towards the last mamma, a tumour the size of a 
fist, and which had appeared six weeks previously in a very 
gradual manner. It was neither hot nor painful tothe touch, 
or on pressure. 
“ As it was supposed to be a mammary asoplasy: its ex- 
cision was attempted. A large incision was made in the 
skin, and there immediately appeared a white saccular body, 
which was at once recognised as a uderine hernia. Instead 
of returning it to the abdomen, as this appeared to be both 
difficult and dangerous, it was decided to extract the entire 
uterine cornu, as far as the cervix uteri, apply a ligature 
round it there, and thus extirpate the organ. This wasdone ; 
a few sutures firmly united the skin incision ; the animal 
was kept quiet, the diet attended to, a few enemas ad- 
ministered, and in eighteen days after the operation, the 
bitch—of a sporting breed—was out in the field with its 
master. , 
“ Saint-Cyr (Op. cit., p. 579) gave his ‘attention to a bitch 
