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SCIIIRROUS OS UTERI IN A EWE. 
water to be thrown up two or three times during the day. 
Gave Ol. Tereb., Bj, and the balls, as before, with the addi- 
tion of Aloes, ^ij. 
7th. — He has purged slightly, and staled two or three 
times. The urine smelled very much of the turpentine. In 
other respects he seemed much the same as yesterday. Balls 
as before, ordered, omitting the aloes. 
I continued the same treatment, but with no visible alter- 
ation in his condition until the 11th, when a change for the 
better was evidently taking place. The pulse and respira- 
tion were quieter ; he would get up and stand for a quarter 
of an hour together, but he could scarcely be induced to 
move. Directed the ball to be given once a day. Rubbed 
his hocks with camphor liniment. 
13th. — I was surprised to find all heat and tenderness had 
left the off hock. The fetlock joint was now swollen, but 
not so tender to the touch as the hocks had been. In every 
respect the animal was better. From this date he kept gra- 
dually but slowly improving, and was for a long time in a 
strange emaciated state, but has now regained his wonted 
health and condition. 
CASE OF SCIRRHOUS OS UTERI IN A EWE. 
By the Same. 
In the spring of last year I was at Stoney Middleton, when 
Mr. Marples, saddler, asked me to look at a sheep which he 
said had been in labour since the night before, but had made 
no progress, and was now very much exhausted. It was a 
case of scirrhous os uteri. I told him I would divide the 
stricture as the only means of saving her, but in her case it 
was almost a “forlorn hope.” However, I did divide it, cutting 
in two places, parallel with each other, and with a good deal 
of difficulty extracted a large lamb, that had, from its appear- 
ance, been dead some time. The parts were dressed with 
some emperical mixture they use on such occasions. I gave 
her a little Spts. Etheris Nit. et Ol. Lini, after which she 
was removed to a shed. 
Being in the village again in about ten days, I was very 
agreeably surprised to find her eating hay, and apparently in 
good health. 
