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was there the slightest elevation of temperature. The patient 
went along until the 17th in the same way, at which date the 
pulse became better and he began to eat a little, and from then 
on he gradually improved until the 28th, when he was dis¬ 
charged. Once or twice during this time the animal was no¬ 
ticed to stagger, just as if drunk, upon which the belladonna 
was stopped, with a cessation of mentioned symptom. The 
drug was only continued when the patient showed signs of re¬ 
current pain, which gradually disappeared altogether. The 
horse is now as well as ever. 
It was one of those cases that after working for over a week 
at something you hardly know what, helps one to realize how 
little, at times, we know. 
INVERSION OF UTERUS—AMPUTATION BY A NOVICE—RECOVERY. 
By John Minchin, V. S., Goshen, N. Y. 
The subject was a two-year-old heifer, with calf. She had 
been turned out in some back lots, with other dry stock, about 
one mile from her home. When found by some hunters that 
were looking for game, their attention was called by the other 
cattle bellowing and fighting around her. These parties re¬ 
ported at the house of the owner, who sent his hired man for 
her in the afternoon. She was found down, and hardly able to 
rise, with a very large bull calf at her side. The whole uterus 
was inverted. It took all the afternoon to get the animal to the 
house, she being in a very serious state of prostration. I was 
called, and arrived at the place just at sundown, Nov. 17, 1896. 
I found the patient in rather low condition, and hardly able to 
stand. The organ was smeared all over with dirt, with many 
lacerations, and very cold. I told the owner I did not think I 
could render any service, and refused to act, especially as the 
animal could not be induced to stand. The owner asked me if 
I could not cut it off, and, if so, what were the chances of 
recovery, etc. I said that it could be done, but in my opinion 
the chances of recovery were very slight, and I did not wish to 
put him to any expense, and left. On our way to town I was 
asked what I thought would be the result if he (the owner) were 
to cut off the mass and try the experiment. Of course, I told 
him I did not know ; he could do as he had a mind to. And 
so he did. That night, without any ligature, he took a 
“ butcher’s knife,” and amputated the whole organ, put all the 
chloride of lime on he could, and left her. And under this 
treatment by her owner, to my surprise, the case made a good 
