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CASES CONNECTED WITH PARTURITION. 
By Mr. W. A. Cartwright, F.8., Whitchurch, Salop. 
DISEASED UTERUS IN A BITCH. 
On the 6th of April, 1841, I saw a small pet bitch, of the 
French breed, ten years old, that had been a little unwell during 
the last day or two, and it was thought that she was unable to 
pup. I examined her, but could not detect any thing in the pas- 
sage, nor did there seem to be any preparation for parturition, as it 
was not swollen or dilated; I therefore left her alone for the 
night, but, before morning, she had produced two puppies, and 
seemed going on very well. Towards night she was not so well, 
and I fancied she wanted a little opening medicine, as some parts 
of the abdomen felt hard. 1 therefore ordered a little ol. ricini, 
but the next morning she was found dead. 
Examination . — At the farther end of the uterus there was a 
full grown pup in a state of putrefaction, and, opposite to it, a 
diseased place in the uterus, the centre of which was ulcerated 
through. 
I have no doubt she was ill from this disease before she pup- 
ped, and probably nature was trying to rid herself of the diseased 
mass prior to pupping time. Perhaps she had had a blow over 
the part, which had destroyed the foetus and injured the uterus. 
EXTRACTION OF A CALF — DIFFICULTY WITH THE HEAD. 
1 6th April, 1842. — I was sent for to a two-year-old small heifer, 
from which the calf could not be extracted. I found the forelegs 
and head in the passage, and with ropes on, and ascertained that 
great force had been used to pull the calf away, but it would not 
come, on account of the head stopping the passage. In this 
case the head was in a tolerably natural situation, or, I would 
rather say, resting with one cheek on its fore legs, and I thought 
it wanted to be drawn forward. I accordingly tied a cord round 
its lower jaw, and with some difficulty we extracted the calf 
alive ; but the fore teeth were loosened, although the jaw was 
not broken. 
In this case, although the head was presented, yet, by pulling 
at the feet only, the head was, in a manner, kept behind, and 
partially forced back upon its neck ; but by tying on a cord, it 
was kept in its proper place, and the uterus would then act as 
well on it as the other parts. 
