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fcetida, and repeated every second or third hour; but, after the 
third or fourth dose, united with one ounce of laudanum. 
In much less than 24 hours he gave to each a quart of oil of 
turpentine, and a half pint each of the ether and hartshorn. In 
one case he had recourse to venesection. 
This is new, and we should think dangerous practice: Mr. Par¬ 
ris, however, asserts that it is uniformly successful j and we arc 
bound to lay it before the public. 
A CASE OF PROCIDENTIA UTERI. 
By Mr. H. J. Godwin, of Lichfield, 
DEC. 26, 1828.—A mare, four years old, the property of Mr. 
Woodward, of High Hale Hill, was discovered to have nnscai- 
ried during the night (being about the seventh month of utero- 
gestation), owing to severe exertion the preceding day. She was 
apparently going on well when left at night. On the morning 
of the 27th I was called in, and found the uterus protruding 
and dependent about twenty inches; in bulk, as much as would 
have filled a peck measure : it was perfectly cold and livid; the 
placenta and membranes still attached, and the mare’s pains were 
violent. Pulse 110, scarcely perceptible. Fomentatio decocti 
quercus, et aquae ferventis partes aequales, applied to the uterus, 
until it became perfectly warm; then, by moderate foice, I de¬ 
tached the placenta, which was attended with but little haemorr¬ 
hage, and proceeded to the reduction of the protrusion by the 
taxis, which was effected in a short time ; but, owing to the vio¬ 
lent efforts of the mare when lying down, it was again expelled. 
Having, with much difficulty, forced her to rise, I again reduced 
it, and" 5 applied a truss, formed of two narrow pieces of web, pass¬ 
ing from a roller along the back, and sewn together to within a 
few inches of the tail ; passing on each side of which, they weie 
again united for about six inches, and from thence taken between 
the thighs to be buckled to a strap on each side, attached to the 
roller: °a thick fold of linen was placed on the vulva, to render 
the pressure more equal. This prevented its being again expelled, 
though she made violent efforts for some hours aftei its applica¬ 
tion T v. s. lbs. xiv, after which her pains were less violent. 
Aloes Barbad. 3iij. Ordered the rectum to be occasionally 
emptied; a mash diet, and very little water to be given. 
28///.—She evinced great pain, lying down, looking at her 
flanks, and suddenly rising. Pulse 80, lull : v. s. lbs. x. Truss 
removed. 
