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DISEASE OF THE UTERUS OF A BITCH. 
an enema of water and soap, of which she was very intolerant. 
The enema was instantly returned, and along with it a few 
scybala, which seemed to relieve her ; repeated the injection 
in a few hours, but nothing came away. Twenty-four hours 
after, as nothing had passed, I gave her another drachm of 
jalap in an ounce of syrup of buckthorn, and repeated the 
enemas. All food was withheld for three days, but water 
allowed, of which she seemed immoderately fond; on the 
fourth day I offered her a small piece of liver, but she did not 
look at it; next day gave some milk, which she lapped 
eagerly. All this time there was no passage, and the belly was 
evidently increasing in size. She urinated freely. On the sixth 
day she took five grains of calomel with half a drachm of jalap, 
made into a pill ; in about fifteen minutes this was returned, 
and, thinking it rather bulky, I divided it, and gave it at twice. 
No effects followed, and she getting rather weak, I gave her 
some milk and wine, and continued the enemas, but with no 
results. On the seventh day gave ten drops croton oil in a 
pill of jalap ; this also was returned. About four hours after 
gave 3j castor oil, 3ss extract hyoscyamus in watery solution. 
Eight hours afterwards some hardened faeces were voided 
along with an injection which had been given. As she con- 
tinued to strain violently, and the abdomen getting harder, I 
put her into a bath of about 85° Fahr. This had the effect 
of reducing the straining, and after being in the bath about 
fifteen minutes she began to pant and breathe hard, con- 
tinuing to do so after being removed from the bath. Daring 
the night she passed some faeces, and looked a good deal 
relieved, but would eat nothing, but always anxious for any 
liquid when presented. On the morning of the eighth day 
no change was observable, excepting that she was more dis- 
inclined to move or to stir on being moved. Continued to give 
her milk and wine. In the evening I put her into a bath, 
which caused her to pant and breathe very heavily, which she 
did for a number of hours after, when she began to cough 
and sneeze, as if affected with bronchitis. After administer- 
ing some Spiritus ^Etheris Nitr. in warm milk, and wrapping 
her up comfortably, I left her for the night. She died on 
the morning of the ninth day. 
On opening the abdomen, the first and only thing ob- 
servable was the uterus extending over the whole floor of the 
cavity; indeed, it seemed the only organ present, entirely 
concealing the intestines, which were quite empty. At the 
first glance I thought it contained five foetuses, as it pre- 
sented dilatations and constrictions similar to a gravid uterus. 
The body of the organ to the os was also distended and tense. 
