l6o THE MANAGEMENT AND DISEASES OF THE DOG. 



being placed round the body. After the operation the bitch 

 was very weak ; it died in eighteen hours. The autopsy 

 showed a moderate degree of metro-peritonitis. 



" Feser ( ' Thierarztliche Mittheilungen der Miinchener 

 Schule,' Part iii., p. 296) operated on a bitch which could not 

 pup, making the opening in the left flank, against which the 

 uterus lay; three puppies were extracted — one from each 

 horn and one from towards the os uteri, the latter being dead, 

 and from a deviation of its head it constituted the obstacle 

 to birth. The heads of the other two puppies were likewise 

 deviated. The uterus and Fallopian tubes — every thing be- 

 hind the cervix uteri — were extirpated by the ecraseur. The 

 uterine and ovarian arteries were ligatured. The incisions 

 closed by suture, and ice applied to the left side of the abdo- 

 men. The animal lost about three ounces of blood. An 

 hour after the operation it had a shivering fit, but this soon 

 passed off ; though it recurred three times a day for some 

 time. In sixteen days the wound had healed and the bitch 

 was quite recovered. The puppies was reared artificially. 



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

 ' sectio Caesarean ' on another bitch two years old. The an- 

 imal had been in labor 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 extripated 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 septikaemia. 



" 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 losing about five ounces of blood. Extreme pros- 

 tration 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 excep- 



