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EXTRACTION OF TWO LAMES. 
flow out, since the uterus, from its weight, lies low down in the 
abdomen, below the level of the os uteri. Up to the time that she 
was taken ill of pleuro-pneumonia she was in good health and 
condition, and never hardly was seen to strain of any importance. 
Sometimes there was matter seen to be voided from the vagina. 
FALSE LABOUR PAINS IN A HEIFER. 
By the same. 
On March 31, 1848, Mr. sent for me to see a two-year- 
old heifer that was straining very much, as if she wanted to 
calve. She had been doing so for twelve hours. 
Symptoms . — She is thin. Has a little udder, but which is 
evidently filling with milk. Is not the least “ off at the hips.” 
Strains violently , and forces the rectum out for several inches. I 
examined her per vaginam, to see if the os uteri was at all dilated, 
but found it was not in the least so. Under these circumstances 
I considered it prudent not to interfere with her to attempt the 
dilatation of the os uteri, in order to remove the calf, but, on the 
contrary, thought it advisable to give some sedative medicine to 
allay the spasm and irritation. Accordingly, I gave a drachm of 
powdered opium, boiled for a short time in some gruel, and left 
another dose to be given in the night, if the straining did not cease. 
The medicine had its desired effect, and consequently the other 
dose was not given. 
April Isif, 9 A.M. — She had been straining a little this morning, 
but, it being of no moment, the other dose was not given. She 
was now not straining in the least ; was more “ off at the hips,” 
and the udder fuller. To be left alone. I told them I thought she 
would calve in twenty-four hours, and at night she did so, without 
any untoward results, requiring no more than a little manual as- 
sistance to draw the calf away. 
EXTRACTION OF TWO LAMBS, TWO HEADS 
PRESENTING. 
By the same. 
April 1848. — This night an aged ewe of was seen 
yeaning. The head was soon out, but it would not pass any further ; 
and I in consequence was sent for. When I arrived, I found her 
down, while the head of a lamb was fully out of the vagina. No 
legs appeared. On introducing my fingers, I could feel the head 
