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HERNIA IN UTERUS OF A BITCH. 
chlor. 5iv, and Tinct. Gentian, co. 5\b twice a day, in half a 
pint of linseed tea. 
On the 13th there were no symptoms of tetanus remain- 
ing, but the mare was still a little stiff about the hind quarters. 
I ordered that the medicine should be given only once a day, 
and directed that she should be walked out for about ten 
minutes each morning. 
On the 20th the medicine was ordered to be given every 
other day. I saw the animal for the last time, on the 31st, 
when all treatment was discontinued, as she had quite 
recovered. 
It may be observed that the dose of aconite was small, 
and the time that elapsed between each dose considerable, 
but I may mention that I do not agree in giving doses of 
sedative medicine in tetanus every three or four hours, as I 
believe quietude has a vast deal to do with our success in 
such cases. If we get the excitement consequent upon being 
disturbed the first thing in the morning calmed by one 
dose of medicine, and the same again the last thing at night, 
we most assuredly obtain all that is desirable as far as the 
action of sedatives is concerned, for we cannot administer 
these or any medicine without creating some degree of ex- 
citement, and therefore care should be taken to avoid dis- 
turbing the animal oftener than we can possibly help. 
I must apologise for trespassing at such length upon your 
valuable pages, but thought the case might not be uninter- 
esting to some of your readers. 
HERNIA OF UTERUS IN A BITCH, THE PRO- 
TRUDING PORTION CONTAINING A FCETUS. 
By T. Corby, M.R.C.V.S., Hackney. 
About the middle of February a small terrier bitch was 
brought to me, for the purpose of being destroyed, in conse- 
quence of the existence of a large tumour just posterior to the 
hindermost mammary gland, on the left side, the contents of 
which appeared to be irregularly solid and partly movable. The 
application of pressure caused considerable pain, besides which 
the bitch was constantly straining, as if apparently requiring 
to urinate; small quantities of urine however were only passed, 
mixed with some fetid and brown-coloured matter, from the 
vagina. She was an old animal, had lost all appetite, and 
■was in an emaciated condition. 
