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FIBROUS DEPOSIT IN THE UTERUS, ASSO- 
CIATED WITH ASCITES, IN A CLUMBER 
BITCH. 
By George Waters, M.R.C.V.S., Cambridge. 
The following case, I think, will not be uninteresting to 
the readers of the Veterinarian . An aged bitch of the 
Clumber breed was sent to me one day last week for the pur- 
pose of making a post-mortem examination, to ascertain the 
cause of her death. I found the abdomen distended to an 
enormous size, and on puncturing it with the point of the 
scalpel a colourless fluid issued out, which I had the curi- 
osity to collect and measure. Twelve pints came away, and 
with the quantity that escaped on the floor there could not 
have been much less than fourteen pints altogether. On 
enlarging the opening into the abdominal cavity, a tumour 
of considerable size immediately projected, which proved, on 
examination, to be the uterus, much enlarged by deposit of 
fibrous material ; there were two cysts, about the size of 
a bantam’s egg, on its outer surface, each of which contained 
a small quantity of clear fluid. The mass weighed about 
two pounds. With the exception of the peritoneum being of 
a dull leaden colour, owing to congestion, and which con- 
trasted with the blanched appearance of the stomach and in- 
testines, the remainder of the abdominal viscera w r ere healthy. 
I may mention that the animal had been petted for some 
considerable time, and was fat. A slight swelling of the 
abdomen was first observed about twelve months ago, and 
had continued gradually to increase in size up to the time of 
her death, but never appeared to affect her general health 
until the day before she died, when her breathing became 
laboured. 
