PYEMIA AND EMBOLISM. 
259 
The history given me .of the case was that, about nine 
months ago, the bitch had. a litter of pups, soon after which 
a swelling, about the sizt of a walnut, was noticed at the 
site of the present tumour. The enlargement continued 
almost unaltered in size until about four months ago, at which 
time she was missed from her house for a few days. Soon 
after her return the tumour began to increase in size, and the 
other symptoms now present to slowly develope themselves. 
By manipulation a round hard body could he felt, partly 
composing the tumour, which, considering the history of 
the case, the form of the enlargement, and the nature of the 
vaginal discharge, I came to the conclusion was the head of 
a foetus. 
It having been determined to operate, with a view if possible 
of still prolonging the animal’s life, she was put under the influ- 
ence of chloroform and the tumour opened. It was found to con- 
tain a considerable portion of the uterus, with one dead foetus 
in it, having the head and fore parts entire. The hinder portion 
of the body was, however, broken up by decomposition, the 
parts remaining being very putrid and rotten. After removing 
the foetus I endeavoured to return the uterus into the abdo- 
men, but it was so swollen and thickened throughout that I 
could not do so, and as her owner did not wish her to suffer 
any further pain she was destroyed. On further examination 
the bladder was found not to be included in the hernia, but 
greatly distended by pressure of its neck between the brim of 
the pelvis and the anterior part of the vagina. Besides these 
lesions there was little else which requires special mention. 
Allied cases to this, in which hernia of the uterus exists at the 
base, as it were, of one of the mammary glands, are not un- 
common, and are, I believe, usually met with in old bitches. 
This is the first case coming under my notice in which the pro- 
truded portion of the uterus contained a foetus. You may 
not, perhaps, think this case of sufficient importance to find 
a place in the Veterinarian , hut, if otherwise, it is at your 
disposal. 
PYAEMIA AND EMBOLISM, AS A SEQUELAE OF 
STRANGLES, IN A COLT. 
By John Gerrard, M.R.C.V.S., Market Deeping, 
Lincolnshire. 
On the 18th of January last an order was left in my absence, 
by a farmer’s son, for me “ to come over and see a young 
