438 INVERSION OF THE UTERUS OF A MARE. 
decomposition, and which had passed through the alveolus 
from which the tooth had been taken, into the sinus. A great 
number of small pieces of detached bone were likewise re- 
moved, and the opening beirtg extended quite through into 
the nostril, a small instrument could be passed down it into 
the mouth. The smell was so bad, that two men assisting 
at the operation were obliged to leave. A weak nitric acid 
lotion was employed, to induce a fresh inflammatory action, 
and, if possible, to fill up by an effusion of lymph, the opening 
through which the masticated food was pressed upwards 
from the mouth into the cavity. The external wound was 
dressed with an ordinary healing lotion, and some tow was 
daily put into it, and pressed downwards to the mouth. A 
little blister liniment was also occasionally applied. 
Before operating, the frontal sinus on the affected side was 
considerably more bulging, externally, than the other. It is 
now reduced. The wound is healed. The discharge from 
the nose is stopped, and there is no smell. Thus, after about 
two years and a half from the commencement of the treat- 
ment, this mare, which is now only five years old, is enabled 
to resume her daily work, and has every appearance of being- 
likely to remain well. 
Had I not been able to effect a cure by the closure of the 
opening into the mouth, I would have tried filling it with 
gutta percha. If a discharge were to take place again in this 
case, it would no doubt depend on the existence of a small 
aperture, and, under such circumstances, I should not hesitate 
again to cut into the sinus and endeavour to close the opening 
in the bone with gutta percha, or some similar substance. 
INVERSION OF THE UTERUS OF A MARE. 
B}' J. A. Hughes, M.R.C.V.S, Leominster. 
Dear Sir, — I have sent you a short history of the case 
of inverted uterus, agreeably to your wish, that you might, 
if you should think fit, hand it to your colleagues for inser- 
tion in the Veterinarian . 
March 27th, 1852. — At 2 a.m. my attendance was requested 
to see a bay eart-mare, four years old, in good condition, 
belonging to W. Newman, Esq., of this borough, at his farm 
about three miles distant. 
His servant who came for me said that “when the foal 
came away, it (meaning the uterus) all came together.” He 
