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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 16th 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 ine 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, I 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 mamma, 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 ot 
castor oil, and light unstimulating diet, until her condition 
was such as to warrant an operation being performed, if 
necessary. On frequent examinations made between the 
ist and 21st, I found the tumours varied sornewhat in their 
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