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Treatment. If the procidence is recent an attempt should be 

 made at reposition, after first cleansing the parts with some disin- 

 fectant solution. To effect this it may be necessary to open the 

 abdominal wall and withdraw the cornua. They should then be 

 suspended to the abdominal wall with sutures (Ventrofixation). 

 If the parts are gangrenous or there is objection to celiotomy, the 

 protrusion should be ligated with stout silk as far within the vagina 

 as possible, the occluded portion being excised, not, however, until 

 the operator has satisfied himself that no other viscera are contained 

 within the mass. Following this operation the vagina should be 

 irrigated daily with antiseptic solutions. 



In one case treated by Funk the everted cornu prevented the 

 delivery of the fetuses from the other so that Cesarean section be- 

 came necessary, 



TORSION OF THE CORNUA. 



This is a very rare condition. It has been described by Eichen- 

 berger, Guillebeau and Bonnet, and twice by Kitt. The uterus was 

 always gravid. In Eichenberger's case the animal had previously 

 whelped without mishap, but on this occasion could not deliver. 

 Ergotin was administered and two dead fetuses appeared. Death 

 occurred ten days later from peritonitis. The left uterine cornu 

 and broad ligament were twisted and torn. The former contained 

 two fetuses. The posterior part of the canal was obliterated and 

 its wall atrophied, showing the condition to have been one of long 

 standing, probably a few weeks. In Guillebeau's case the bitch was 

 delivered of one fetus. Labor continued but without any result 

 until death took place a week later from peritonitis. The left cornu 

 containing two dead fetuses and distended to a diameter of six 

 inches was twisted in its long axis at its junction with the body of 

 the organ. The broad ligaments of both cornua were lacerated. 



Torsion may also occur independent of pregnancy as I have 

 had occasion to observe. A Yorkshire Terrier, aged seven years, 

 which had previously enjoyed good health, estruated sparsely. Two 

 weeks later it succumbed without any special symptoms other than 

 toxemia and a constant slight discharge of a bloody purulent matter. 

 On making a necropsy, the right cornu was found to be highly in- 

 flamed and to contain a purulent hemorrhage matter (evidently 



