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might recur and become complicated. I therefore decided 
on amputation, and to accomplish this the uterus was drawn 
out of the opening on a level with its neck, where a ligature 
was applied, after which it was cut off about two fingers 
below the ligature. The external opening was closed by 
suture. The after treatment consisted in keeping the bitch 
perfectly quiet and on a low diet. A few injections were 
used. Eighteen days after the operation the owner com¬ 
menced the shooting season with her. She has remained in 
perfect health ever since, and done her work with the same 
vigour as before. 
Journal cles Veterinaires du Midi , February, 1861. 
ACCIDENTAL PUNCTURES OE THE FEET BY LOOSE NAILS 
ON ROADS. 
By M. Laux, Veterinary Surgeon, Cruzy. 
The accidents to the feet of our domestic animals, and 
more particularly to the solipedes, are at times very serious. 
These accidents are most frequently produced by causes 
inseparable from the domestic state of these animals. The 
gravity of the lesions depends less on their extent than on the 
causes by which they are produced and of the parts affected. 
All wounds in the vicinity of the articulations, and above all 
those in which the . capsular ligaments or the synovial mem¬ 
branes are affected, are always the most serious. A fine 
young mule was totally laid up for several months from a 
simple puncture made by the scissors in trimming his heels. 
The wound was a little above the fetlock, from six to eight 
millimetres in depth; and ultimately caused considerable 
swelling of the leg, which w’as only removed by firing. The 
difficulties which present themselves under certain circum¬ 
stances in the treatment of these cases, particularly when 
they have been neglected at the outset, as well as the care 
and tedious attention required for the perfection of the cure, 
will often make the practitioner hesitate to undertake the 
treatment, and the owner to incur the expense. The fol¬ 
lowing case is an instance. On the 26th of December a 
mule was brought to me; she w’as about twelve years old, 
well formed, and in tolerable good condition. She had been 
lame for three months, from a nail she had picked up in the 
near fore foot. On examination of the foot, it was found to 
