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METHOD EOR THE REDUCTION OE THE UTERUS AND 
VAGINA IN CASES OE PROLAPSUS. 
By M. Tyvaert. 
M. Tyvaert lays great stress on the importance of the re¬ 
duction of the uterus and vagina in an obstetric point of 
view, and the difficulty and non-success of the means hitherto 
adopted. His method is to secure the patient on her back 
by means of a rope attached to the legs and passed over a 
beam or rafter, or, in the absence of either of these, a long 
pole placed on the shoulders of two strong men, after which 
the posterior parts are to be raised by means of trusses of 
straw. This position obtained, the organs are to be well 
cleansed. The reduction is so easy that a slight manipu¬ 
lation suffices to effect it. This position on the back not 
only facilitates the reduction, but prevents almost entirely 
the expulsive efforts of the animal, which would otherwise 
so much exhaust the strength of the operator. 
The reduction effected; another difficulty presents itself, 
which is of no less importance, namely, that of maintaining 
the organs in situ , as the patient is continually straining 
to expel them. The means recommended by the author to 
prevent this are to fix the animal by a sling to the ceiling, 
or by passing a cord round each hind leg and fixing it so 
as to prevent her lying down, at the same time elevating the 
posterior part of the body. This position also prevents to a 
great extent the expulsive efforts, in so far that the animal 
cannot raise its back nor bring its feet together. This is 
more effective in preventing a recurrence than all bandages, 
sutures, sedative medicines, or distending the uterus by 
injecting fluids, ike., which are in the majority of cases 
ineffective. 
Clinique Veterinaire. 
Edited by MM. U. Leblanc, C. Leblanc, and E. Weber. 
The Clinique Veterinaire , which was discontinued in 1848, as 
it was then thought that three veterinary journals sufficed in 
France to supply the scientific wants of the profession, has 
now reappeared. The first two numbers of this new 
