FROM THE ABDOMEN OF A DOG. 645 
above downwards, on the tumour which it formed externally* 
He at length opened the gullet of the dog and forced it down 
with the point of a fork. The animal was no sooner freed from 
the horrible torture it suffered, than its motions expressive of 
joy could not be restrained, and the fork, which was yet en¬ 
tangled in the pharynx, escaped from the hands of M. Terris, 
and followed the bone into the stomach. 
During that day he did not appear to be in the slightest degree 
inconvenienced ; but on the following day he was out of spirits: 
he stood with his legs wide apart, and he moved with pain and 
difficulty. On examining the belly, M. Terris felt the fork in a 
direction nearly across the abdomen, and parallel with the great 
curvature of the stomach. 
These symptoms continued during that day and the following 
one; but on the 21st the dog had regained his usual spirits 
and appetite, and continued apparently well for about two 
months. The fork was now parallel with the length of the body, 
which direction it had taken on the fourth day. 
One day, M. Terris endeavoured, mechanically, to accelerate 
the passage of the fork through the intestines ; and, ascertaining 
its exact situation, he endeavoured to push it backward. When 
he had thus forced it as far as he could, he introduced two of 
his fingers into the anus, and seizing it by the handle, he drew 
it an inch out of the anus*; beyond this he could not bring it, 
without cutting into the rectum and disengaging the fork from 
every thing that retained it. This operation appeared to be too 
serious, for M. T. loved his dog, and would not expose him to the 
pain and hazard of such a process ; he, therefore, gently returned 
the fork to its former situation. The dog was dispirited ^during 
the remainder of the day, and vomited about three pounds oi blood. 
Every unpleasant symptom, however, disappeared, and the dog 
seemed to enjoy himself as usual during the next ensuing six weeks. 
In the beginning of February (three months and a half after 
the accident) the dog suddenly appeared to be ill; he was dull, 
and expressed considerable pain when the belly was pressed 
upon. These symptoms rapidly increased, and in about twelve 
days the strength of the dog was exhausted—he was worn to a 
skeleton: he evidently suffered much, and death seemed to be 
approaching. M. Terris applied to several veterinary surgeons, 
but they all declined the operation of the extraction of the fork, 
believing that it would, of necessity, be fatal. At length, 
M. Nicolas Bettinger, and myself saw the dog. He was in the 
following state:— 
* We scarcely understand this. 
